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Understanding and Setting Healthy Personal Boundaries
What are boundaries? Boundaries are limits that define a space and separate one thing from another. While physical boundaries are obvious and easy to recognize, personal (or psychological) boundaries are not. Personal boundaries are meant to do the same thing as...
The Path to Good Communication for Couples
In relationships, communication is like the ground beneath your feet. Everything you build relies on the stable ground of mutual communication. You and your partner stand on that ground, and together, walk the path your relationship leads you down. To walk smoothly...
Three Ways to Holiday Happiness featuring The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
Christmas, it's the most wonderful time of the year. At least, we hope it will be. Once you factor in the preparation, expenses, responsibilities and travel arrangements, you can end up with just as much holiday stress as holiday cheer. The key to a joyful holiday...
Dealing with Deployment
Saying goodbye is never easy. This is something military families know all too well. For the 2.7 million Americans who serve in the Armed Forces, saying goodbye to loved ones can be a frequent and emotional experience. Learning how to deal with deployment is a...
Pre-marital Counseling: Things to Consider Before You Say “I Do”
During courtship, people tend to be on their best behavior to impress their partner. Many couples also experience a blissful “honeymoon phase.” But after the newness and excitement of a relationship has died down, challenges often arise. Fortunately, most of these...
Is your teen using their social media and apps safely?
When you purchase an iPhone it comes with instant access to social media, as well as a small army of apps already installed, with hundreds more available to download. Each app is unique in its security and features. This wave of social media and app usage has opened a...
Bullying
Every parent hopes their child will never have to deal with the pain and trauma that bullying creates. Unfortunately, with another school year beginning in a few weeks, parents must face the reality that many children are still bullied in school environments, and it's...
Healthy Sleep Hygiene
Are you tired? The question is almost inane in our fast-paced, media-saturated society. With cell phones buzzing, laptops glowing and TVs beckoning, it can be hard to shut down the electronics, and shut down our brains for bedtime. Poor sleep hygiene (not getting...
Summer Visitation
Family & Child Development offers advice for divorced or separated parents on how to create a healthy and happy environment for a child who is switching homes for the summer. Another school year has come to an end. And when the school year ends, a summer of fun...
Surviving the Teen Years: A Plan for Parents
Written by Taylor Ferguson, Registered Marriage & Family Therapist Intern, specializing in counseling adolescents and parents. Are you and your pre-teen or teen constantly butting heads? Does your teen tend to say or do the opposite of whatever you say or...
Helping Your Child With Homework
At this point, most children have started the new school year, and back-to-school also means back-to-homework. One of the things that parents can do to make homework go more smoothly is to establish a clear routine. During the summer it is very easy to let things...
AHHHRRG!… Learning to Manage Your Stress
If you are feeling stressed out these days, you are not alone. Trying to manage the demands of daily life – job, finances, parenting, etc. - can be very difficult. Although stress is a natural part of life, there are times when we can start to feel overwhelmed with...