The holiday season can be a particularly challenging time for blended families. Every blended family has built-in complexities that are highlighted during the holidays. Tension may arise over many issues: making decisions about how much time each parent gets with the child, deciding who buys which gifts, and even determining which holiday rituals are acceptable for the child to participate in.
Pro Sports Wives: Protect Yourself from Domestic Violence and Abuse
The reality is that 1 in 3 of YOU are affected by this growing epidemic among male athletes. It is important that you are equipped with not only knowledge but resources to protect yourself and others from domestic violence and abuse. Most women fear their abuser and thus fear reporting the abuse or telling a close friend or family member. Staying in an abusive relationship WILL have a devastating impact on your life as well as the lives of your children.
Parenting Your Young Athlete: Problem Areas & Guidelines
Today, many young athletes are interested in exploring sports as a source of exercise, extra-curricular activity, or future career opportunities. There are an array of physical and mental developmental milestones that are necessary for young athletes to accomplish and participate in sports successfully. It is essential that parents are aware of the potential negative effects participating in sports could have on their young athlete.
Body Neutral: Helping Your Daughter Avoid Body Image Issues and Disordered Eating
The way you talk to your daughter about her body and the changes she is undergoing can greatly improve her chances of developing a healthy self esteem and body image. This goes a long way in preventing disordered eating which affects overall health. In particular, the mother in a girl’s life is especially influential in how her daughter will view herself and her body. A mother’s own personal relationship with her body, food, and herself is likely to be passed down to her daughter.
The Growing Parent: Sharing Attention Between Your Kids & Your Work
“Much of my job requires me to work out of my home, but unfortunately I can’t get anything done because my kids are always trying to get my attention. How can I get my work done without offending my children?”
The Growing Parent: Finding Time as a Couple
“My wife and I have been married for 5 years and we have 2 young children together. I work 2 jobs and she works from home while taking care of our children. We never get any time as a couple anymore, and I’m afraid that once our children grow up we’ll be left wondering who each other is and why we are married…”
The Growing Parent: Daily Report
“I work long hours everyday, and even though my children are homeschooled, I feel like I have no clue how they are doing. I just always assumed that by making the choice for our family to homeschool I would be much more involved in their lives…”
Barbie & Body Image: An Unrealistic Ideal (Part Two)
Barbie has been a popular toy for girls age 3-12 for over 50 years and has come to represent for many the perfect, ideal woman with her long blonde hair and slim body. However, if a woman really existed who had Barbie’s proportions, she would have a hard time walking on her size 3 feet and wouldn’t have room in her body for a full liver or full intestines. Furthermore, her long slim neck wouldn’t be able to hold up her huge head.
Barbie and Body Image: An Unrealistic Ideal (Part One)
Barbie dolls were always my favorite growing up. They still are. In fact, I still have some of my original Barbies. I’m not sure how my fascination and preference for Barbie dolls started. I had other dolls to choose from, but Barbie was the one I cherished. So, when I first read information from Body Wars by Margo Main, PhD about the reality of Barbie, I was shocked. I simply had never considered that Barbie was so proportionally unrealistic.
The Growing Parent: The Authoritative Parent
Not to be confused with the Authoritarian approach, the Authoritative Parent can best be described as a happy medium between the Permissive Parent and the Authoritarian Parent. The Authoritative Parent has developed the ability to set firm, consistent boundaries with their children while in the process being able to communicate a warm and loving atmosphere.
