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170. Holiday Highs and Lows: Separated Parents

Christmas holidays can be the best of times or the worst of times. For many, it’s both—a season of great food, family, and gifts mixed with enough stress to push you right over the edge. Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays tend to magnify...

Published 12-03-2010 8:38 AM by Dawson

Tags: Divorce, Parents, Step-Parents, Parenthood, Christmas, Holiday, Separation, stress
128. Dealing with Divorce Pt. 3

Going through your parents’ divorce is one of the most tragic experiences you can go through. Unfortunately, it’s become such a common occurrence, it is easy to think you’re supposed to act like it’s no big deal, even though you...

Published 01-15-2010 3:00 AM by Dawson

Tags: Divorce, Parents, Step-Parents, Dealing with Divorce
127. Dealing with Divorce Pt. 2

It’s so hard to be honest with ourselves and others about the effects we feel when our parents break-up. That is because our parent’s divorce is devastating. We naturally put up walls, which are filled with denial, silence, and a certain distance...

Published 12-18-2009 3:00 AM by Dawson

Tags: Divorce, Parents, Step-Parents, Dealing with Divorce
126. Dealing with Divorce

For a long time I have wanted to blog about what to do when your family is broken up by divorce. I have taken literally thousands of calls from teenagers and young adults whose whole lives have been rearranged by their parent’s divorce. Getting...

Published 12-11-2009 3:00 AM by Dawson

Tags: Divorce, Parents, Step-Parents, Dealing with Divorce
77. Dealing With Neglect

It’s been a difficult series of blogs to write about the various kinds of abuse. I’ve talked about physical, sexual, and verbal/emotional abuse. There is one more kind of abuse I’d like to address before concluding next week with a detailed...

Published 12-04-2008 3:00 AM by Dawson

Tags: Abuse, Parents, Abandonment, Neglect
72. How To Get Along With Your Parents - Part 3

I have been blogging on the extremely important topic of how to get along with your parents. So many teenagers and young adults live their lives in total chaos, mostly because of the volatility of the relationships they have with their parents. Every...

Published 10-23-2008 3:00 AM by Dawson

Tags: Parents, Relationships, How to, How To Get Along With Your Parents
71. How To Get Along With Your Parents - Part 2

Last week I started blogging about how to get along with your parents. This is not an easy thing to do because no one is perfect, including your parents. In fact, you have come to the realization your parents are in many ways flawed and have failed you...

Published 10-16-2008 12:00 AM by Dawson

Tags: Parents, Relationships, How to, How To Get Along With Your Parents
70. How To Get Along With Your Parents

Nothing has a greater impact on our lives than our families. The family is the most powerful unit of society, influencing and shaping every man, woman and child for good or for bad. Unfortunately, there is plenty of pain in families. In fact, people are...

Published 10-09-2008 12:00 AM by Dawson

Tags: Parents, Relationships, How to, How To Get Along With Your Parents
69. How To Respect Yourself - Part 2

Last week I began a blog about how to respect yourself. This is an extremely important topic that cuts to the core of some incredibly deep issues many people face. When you don’t like or love yourself, much less respect yourself, you will always...

Published 10-02-2008 12:00 AM by Dawson

Tags: Parents, Self-Esteem, Self-Image, How to, Respect
59. What Forgiveness Is Not

In my previous blog we began to tackle the difficult but extremely important subject of forgiveness. Forgiving others who have harmed us is one of the most important things we will ever do. The happiness of our lives, or lack of it, rises and falls on...

Published 07-24-2008 12:00 AM by Dawson

Tags: Forgiveness, friends, Parents, Forgiveness series
58. What Is Forgiveness?

Let’s talk about one of the most important keys to your happiness. It is a subject people talk about, but few understand or practice. Let’s talk about forgiving others who have hurt you. There's probably not a person in the world who does...

Published 07-17-2008 12:00 AM by Dawson

Tags: Forgiveness, friends, Parents, Forgiveness series, Hurt
52. My Parents Don’t Approve Of Who I’m Dating

Finding someone to love who loves you in return is difficult. Learning how to deal with conflicts within that relationship can be extremely painful, as well. But it’s entirely different when, for some reason, you discover your parent(s) strongly...

Published 06-06-2008 1:00 AM by Dawson

Tags: Dating, Parents, Relationships

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