by Daphne | Apr 30, 2018 | Behavior and Discipline
Last week I wrote about how my mother’s controlling behavior and her contempt for men drove our family apart. Our family became increasingly fragmented since I was a young girl. By my early teen years, I secretly wished they would divorce; sparing me the burden...
by Daphne | Sep 17, 2016 | Behavior and Discipline, Family Fun Facts
Last week’s water cooler chat focused on successful co-parenting. A few colleagues said successful co-parenting with their ex began when the hurts healed from the divorce. Another said they can’t ever see being able to have a successful co-parenting plan in place...
by Daphne | Sep 6, 2016 | Behavior and Discipline, Family Fun Facts
The water cooler conversations took a new theme this week and we ended up chatting about single parent stressors. As single parents, there were many situational considerations; as parents, we shared a lot of common concerns. We whittled our gripes and groans to what...
by Daphne | Jun 26, 2016 | Health & Safety, Uncategorized
According to the FBI.gov, a child goes missing every 40 seconds in America. That comes to 765,000 children a year and is quite an eye-opening statistic, one that piqued my interest from parents who say “my child wanders away from me.” This week, my family...
by Daphne | May 6, 2015 | Family Fun Facts
Mother’s Day. The one day a year where we remember all the good things mom does or has done for us. As kids, my sister and I delighted in bringing mom a Mother’s Day gift made from pieces of paper precisely glued together and decorated with crayon scribbles. Once, she...