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Author: Helene Rothschild

Susan blamed her husband, Stan, for all their problems. Of course, he felt terrible and responded by being passive aggressive. When he was home, Stan spent a lot of his time at his computer. In this vicious cycle, Susan kept verbally attacking her husband and Stan kept shutting down. Because the couple was stuck in their dysfunctional behaviors, they remained in emotional pain. Can you relate to this drama? Unfortunately, it is not uncommon.

In an alternative pattern, Melissa and John were both “blamers.” Needless to say, they had a very noisy household. Their children used to cower when their parents started yelling accusations at each other. Needless to say, that was one painful family.

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Author: Corina Day

We all need love and want love. We were created because of love and because we all have meaning on this Earth. You are the most happy when you are in love or experiencing love in any type of form or shape. Sometimes people confuse love with liking. How can you distinguish both of them? To like something or someone is very easy and it's easy to stop liking something, but experiencing love is much deeper emotion. Something that mean for you a lot can provoke deep feelings of love and strong emotions.

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Once of the most challenging aspects of any spiritual path is that it
asks us to take responsibility and to become accountable for our lives.

What makes this so difficult for us is that we have been domesticated to do just the opposite ? to blame everything we possibly can on others. The reason for this is that we have been taught to judge everything we perceive, and as a result are in constant fear of our own self-judgment in case we do anything “wrong? in life. If our minds are going to engage in the process of judging ? it’s better if we can find someone to judge other than ourselves!

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Communication skills are required of the parent when teaching children how to follow directions.  How we talk to our children plays a major role in their compliance as well as their attitude.

Previous generations told children what to do, how to do it, when to do it and the only answer to the “But, why?” was, “Because I said so.” Although some of that is still okay, depending on the issue, parenting skills have changed.

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Nightmares and night terrors can be equally frightening for both child
and parent, especially when they start happening frequently. 
Nightmares occur during the REM (rapid eye movement) phase of sleep. 
They might vary in length, but the child will usually remember what the
nightmare was about.  Night terrors, on the other hand, happen about an
hour or two after the child has gone to sleep, and can last anywhere
from a few moments to an hour.  They happen during the non-REM part of
sleep, and even though his eyes are wide open, the child is asleep the
entire time.  When he awakens though, he’ll have no memory of it.

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5 Things GREAT Parents Know, Understand, & Do to Motivate Children to Learn Without Using Punishments or Rewards.

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Your belief system is the foundational set of instructions from which you make decisions about many things in your life: money, self-worth, success, love. Are you operating on decisions made when you were a child? It’s time to re-strengthen that foundation.

Do you ever reexamine your belief system? It’s the one that determines all of the experiences and attainments you enjoy (or not) in life. It’s a silent presence, sitting in a governing role. We are often unaware of the decisive role it plays in all the facets of our life.

Here’s what most of us don’t fully comprehend–our beliefs about such issues as money, success, beauty, self-worth, integrity and so much more are formed at very early stages in our lives and then become as strong and solid as cement.

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All parents want their children to respect authority, but what do we do when our children are unjustly accused?  Building self esteem is very important and goes hand-in-hand with teaching our children to self-advocate.

From the time our children are very little, we teach them to respect authority as well as adults in general.  We start when they are babies, encouraging them to give bye-bye kisses, wave bye-bye to their adoring fans, be quiet when an adult is talking, asking permission of an adult if they want something other than their toys, etc.  The older they get, the more messages we send to respect their elders.  Although our goal is to have polite and respectful children, we also don’t want them to become targets for unworthy adults or feel they have to remain silent even when the situation is unjust to the child.

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Teenagers these days are often subjected to considerable peer pressure but this does not have to be too much of a problem as long as you are aware of it and know how to head off potential problems and deal with those that do arise.

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It seems we are all in such a rush these days.  Places to go, people to see, things to do…  Are we, as parents, teaching our children what timeliness means though?  Or, are we letting our busy lives take control of us?

Timeliness is more than a sign of respect. It speaks volumes of who you really are. And, it is also a good indicator of success. If parents get into the habit of being on time, so will your children.

There are many aspects of being on time. It can be as simple as arriving at a planned dinner party at the appointed time to making sure the projects due at work are done so according to the designated schedule. Timeliness begins with a mind set or the value you place on a commitment.

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