How can you help your adult child become financially independent? When is it time to cut the apron strings and close your checkbook? When is it okay to step in and help? When to help your adult child, and when to let them learn on their own. When Your Grown Kid Makes Bad Decisions ...
Naturally, stepparents become very upset when their stepchildren are disrespectful to them. The truth is, a child may never respect their stepparent, but they have to know they can’t get away with being rude or obnoxious. Therefore, you and your spouse need to be united ...
Project competence."Show conviction;"but be humble about it."Don't,be deferential;be appropriately respectful."4.When you're the new kid on the block,it's"incumbent on you"to reach out to your colleagues and try to get to know them,says Watkins.Upon starting the job,he recommends sched...
child or adult. Besides, I had to get to work and was concerned he might do something destructive to my car if I ignored him and just walked off. I took a breath, swallowed my pride, and decided to do what I teach:
Moving is not for everyone. Almost every grandparent wants to be with his or her grandchildren and is willing to make sacrifices, but sometimes it is wiser to say no and visit frequently instead. Having your grandchildren far away is hard, especially knowing your adult child is struggling, bu...
Stop and think for a moment: when your child or teen is in the throes of a tantrum or an all-out rage, what is your initial reaction? Do you get angry yourself and start yelling, do you freeze and say nothing, or do you become frightened and give in? Maybe your answer is even, ...
I understand your frustrations and your struggles and wanted to validate everything you’re feeling. There should be open avenues out there to help us grandparents navigate such angry disrespectful child so they don’t end up being wards of the state. Reply Beverly says: I feel the same ...
My sister Karin is seven years older than me. When she was in high school, she loved drawing. And she was quite good at it. Every time she drew at home, I’d watch.1But I didn’t have the natural talent that she had. 2When I tried drawing and made some poor pictures, she told...
When identifying and addressing child-to-parent violence, similar principles apply as with managing other difficult behaviours. While some disrespectful behaviour may be normative as children progress intoadolescence(such as slammed doors or yelling), if this behaviour is repeated frequently, ...
And someone being dead is a great rationale to break confidences, let your hair down and all it as you see it. Now, what I hope to get back to doing is telling the truth as I see it… From a respectful distance and with a revised perspective. It may take some more time and some...