Mama J on November 4th, 2009

I am just so excited to report that I’ve just recorded the Stepparenting the Grieving Child audio with interviewer Barbara Bue of KRFC Radio.  Barb herself is a stepparent and was intensely interested in my information, which makes both sides of the interview commentary very engaging.
You can expect to hear about three distinct phases of [...]

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Mama J on February 25th, 2009

Here’s one of those little conundrums on which I would love to hear your opinions. Please take a minute to reply!
When your young adult children or stepchildren take up another residence, do they keep your house keys or return them?
Also and perhaps more importantly, can they enter your house whenever they want, to do laundry, [...]

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Mama J on February 10th, 2009

“A lot of how kids find themselves by exclusion, as in ‘I know what I’m not.’”
 – Brian M., Psychologist
I’ve read several articles in the last year or so that indicate young adults are “taking
longer” to find themselves and figure out what they want to do for work.
And parents are kind of worried about this trend.  [...]

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