Diane Oraif - solving family conflict with heart

07/28/2023

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The Tuscaloosa Spay Neuter Incentive Program (TSNIP), a not-for-profit organization, was founded in t

06/07/2020

07/05/2019

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MANILA – There are many changes involved in getting married, but there are at least three things that should not change even a couple already has kids, a relationship and parenting expert said.

06/21/2019

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Moana, Minions, Mary Poppins and more.

06/18/2019

This reminds me of several of my cases. Crazy HELICOPTER parents who make their kids miserable. Like parents who didn't take their daughter to the doctor until she passed out. And the mother who pretended to be her daughter and even texting her daughter's boyfriend. Scheduled snacktime being strictly adhered to as part of the micromanaging. Mothers who do the daughter's homework.

Have you ever been completely embarrassed to see how other parents raise their kids, especially when they are so controlling it's shocking? Helicopter parents are not only cringeworthy when you watch them, but they are probably doing a terrible job preparing their kids for the real world. regimented...

05/15/2019

Ritualized compulsive comfort-seeking (what traditionalists call addiction) is a normal response to the adversity experienced in childhood, just like bleeding is a normal response to being stabbed.

The solution to changing the illegal or unhealthy ritualized compulsive comfort-seeking behavior of opioid addiction is to address a person’s adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) individually and in group therapy; treat people with respect; provide medication assistance in the form of buprenorphine, an opioid used to treat opioid addiction; and help them find a ritualized compulsive comfort-seeking behavior that won’t kill them or put them in jail.

He says: Addiction shouldn’t be called “addiction”. It should be called “ritualized compulsive comfort-seeking”. He says: Ritualized compulsive comfort-seeking (what traditionalists call addiction)…

05/09/2019

Social media sites have become the modern day equivalent of hanging out at the mall or movie theater.

Social media networks provide a way for kids to interact with each other that’s not organized and supervised by authorities, as school, sports, and other extracurriculars are.

Teenagers today spend an unprecedented amount of time in structured activity, and many gathering places are off limits to them. When teens gather in parking lots or on street corners, they’re often accused of loitering. So what's a responsible teen to do so that they can interact with their peers?

Social media provides places where teens are able to kick back and express themselves, connect to their peers, and develop their identity without adult oversight.
..................."When you remove a teen’s lifeline to their friends, there will be a major emotional backlash, a breakdown of the parent-child relationship.”

For teens, the threat of having their phone confiscated or, worse, having their phone searched by their parents, would seem to be a powerful deterrent to bad behavior. But there's a down side, too.