181 articles on "mother"

Faces of Mom

I grew up living with my mother, and sometimes my father when he wasn’t underneath the ocean in a submarine. I wasn’t the only child at home, but it often felt that way, and not just when I would lock my sister in the basement, either—my mom wa...

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You’re A Mom, She’s A Mom Being An Adult With Your Parents

On one of her quarterly visits to see her grandson, my three-year-old son, my mother ignores the available front seat of the car, crowds into the back next to the car seat and promptly unwraps a lollipop. Feeling the tension rising, I recall the nume...

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Life Lessons - an Inpirational Story

Life Lessons - an Inpirational Story by: Fatimah Musa Ju was physically abused as a child. She lived with a mother who was diagnosed with post depression and a father who was a wife abuser. Her parent divorced and left six of them with her moth...

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Unloved and Unwanted

Unloved, Unwanted & DisownedEver since I was a child in kindergarten I knew there was something strange about my mother. She didn't seem normal, but at that time, how would I know what normal is?My brother, four-years-older, never seemed to be ...

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Use Your EQ When You're the Mother-in-Law

Kelly and I have a great relationship, I'm grateful to say, but I'm still the mother-in-law. If you are one, or have one, you'll probably agree it's a relationship that requires finesse. "Finesse" is another word for "emotional in...

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The Difference Between Critiquing and Criticism

The Difference Between Critiquing and Criticism by: Emily Hanlon A work in progress is susceptible to immediate extermination from the most unlikely sources: A spouse, parent, child or close friend can often be the worst people with whom to shar...

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Are You Trying too Hard to Be Happy?

Are You Trying too Hard to Be Happy? by: Carna Zacharias-Miller We all want to be happy. However, if a woman pushes herself to emotional and mental exhaustion in order to reach “perfect” happiness, she could suffer from a condition she proba...

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A Perverse Confidante

rverse Confidante by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers - Column for the week of July 15, 2002 Dad passed away years ago and Mom lives alone. She is still young and healthy, yet she always plays the victim. I am in my 30s and divorced. Our relat...

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The Need to Feel Special

The Need to Feel Special by: Margaret Paul, Ph.D. From the time Jennifer was a little child, she was demanding of attention, especially from her mother, Sarah. With two older brothers, Jennifer had a “special” place in the family as the baby...

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Make Every Day A Mother's Day!

Make Every Day A Mother's Day! by: Angela Renee The word mother and mothers day are simple, yet powerful little words that you hear all the time especially so around the time of mothers day when everyone seem to be scrambling for ideas to s...

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