Finding your life lesson

October 5, 2016
human-condition
One of the most beautiful songs of my generation is Cat Stevens' Father and Son. i had a difficult relationship with my father, especially as an adolescent and so...
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What can parents do about mean girls?

April 22, 2015
This began as a post about saying goodbye and then morphed into one about mean girls. I don't think that's an accident. The stories in Dumped, Women Unfriending Women...
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Healing the father-daughter relationship

May 27, 2014
Those who knew me growing up also knew the contentious relationship I had with my father. His role was to guide me with an iron fist and I fought him tooth and nail,...
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Family pictures: “if only we knew what was ahead̷...

October 29, 2013
Do you ever look at old family pictures and wonder at the innocence they portray? How we knew nothing of the life that was to unfold? How each decision we made took us...
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A father’s apology from the other side

June 16, 2013
Despite this happy little picture, my father would never have won a Father of the Year contest. I remember what a challenge finding the right card was at Father's Day,...
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About therapy

May 31, 2013
No, it's not Christmas or even close to that holiday. But it's come to my attention recently that there are still people around who do not believe in psychological...
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Bears, manhood and fatherhood

May 1, 2013
Sitting Bear, by Linda Israel The bear was my father's icon. Born of Italian immigrant parents, he was first generation American, the only one of his...
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Advice for fathers

August 12, 2012
This is absolutely trueand I'm sure some parents just don't think about it. I know men who swear up and down that they will  absolutely positively not  be the...
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Tribute to a father

June 17, 2012
postsecret.com This made me smile. Is there any better tribute to a father? It's the way I feel about my own...
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Father’s Day and brothers in arms

June 17, 2012
We're the last generation that will ever sit with a box of old, faded photographs, my husband pointed out when he saw me poring over old family snapshots and portraits...
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