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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Learning how to manipulate parents, and doing whatever is deemed necessary to get parents to do what kids, teens and adult children want, sometimes turns into a virtual war between kids and parents. Manipulating parents, often referred to as emotional extortion, means that there are kids of all ages who ...
Posted in Divorce, Family, Marriage, Men, Parenting, Relationships, Shopping, Teenagers, Women | 9 Comments »
Monday, August 31st, 2009
Yes, this is MY blog and I will blog or write about whatever I want, thank you very much. I almost titled this post, “Telling It Like It Is is Not For the Faint of Heart”, which on some levels is very true.
Over the last several months there have been ...
Posted in Abuse, Children, Education, Men, Relationships, Women | 20 Comments »
Monday, July 20th, 2009
I've been tagged with the "I've Come To Realize" meme on Facebook, which originated as the I've Come Realize MySpace Survey from bzoink.com. Colloquium and Ukok's Place have already done their "I've Come To Realize" meme posts, and Judd has a weekly Sunday Stealing series where he "steals" memes from ...
Posted in Divorce, Family, Friendship, Marriage, Men, Parenting, Relationships, Women | 2 Comments »
Monday, May 18th, 2009
Can you divorce your parents? How do you divorce your parents if you are an adult child dealing with controlling parents or in-laws, or a teenager seeking legal minor emancipation or “divorce" from your parents? Are you dealing with a toxic, abusive and/or controlling parent and want to know how ...
Posted in Abuse, Children, Dating, Divorce, Education, Elderly, Family, Marriage, Men, Parenting, Relationships, Teenagers, Women | 4 Comments »
Monday, March 9th, 2009
Empty nest syndrome refers to the feelings of sadness, grief, depression, loneliness, emptiness and loss when children grow up, leave for college, get married, or leave home to live on their own. “Empty-nesters” can either be mothers or fathers, but mothers are primarily the ones who have difficulty dealing with ...
Posted in Aging, Children, Elderly, Family, Marriage, Men, Parenting, Relationships, Women | 4 Comments »
Thursday, January 1st, 2009
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When I decided to start a blog with my very first blog post more than two years ago, I didn’t know anything about creating a blog where I could share parenting advice, marriage and relationship advice etc, but I knew that starting a blog that wasn’t just ...
Posted in Abuse, Aging, Blogging, Children, Dating, Death, Divorce, Education, Elderly, Family, Friendship, Health, Marriage, Men, Parenting, Personal, Relationships, Religion, Reviews, Teenagers, Women | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
I’ve been toying around with the idea that it was time to change blog themes for Telling It Like It Is for awhile now, so when circumstances arose for me to get a new hosting company for the site, I began researching WordPress Magazine Themes to find one I liked.
The ...
Posted in Blogging, Personal, Reviews | 9 Comments »
Saturday, October 4th, 2008
Numerous emails from parents needing help in finding support groups for parents with grown, adult children living at home have arrived in my inbox, especially after reading How to Stop Enabling: When Our Grown Children Disappoint Us and the "Helping vs. Enabling" articles listed there that deal with the difference ...
Posted in Children, Family, Marriage, Parenting, Relationships, Teenagers, Women | 14 Comments »
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
What do parents owe their children? Do parents "owe" their children anything? Do parents owe their kids a college education, or an inheritance? Are the challenges of parenting causing concern and doubt on how to be a good parent while raising your children and teens? What does "parental responsibility" include ...
Posted in Children, Education, Family, Health, Marriage, Parenting, Relationships, Religion, Teenagers | 21 Comments »
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Do you find yourself suffering from a sense of entitlement? Are entitlement issues making you poor, to the point where you feel you must live with your parents? What does it mean to be an adult from your point of view? What are the behavioral characteristics of a true adult? ...
Posted in Aging, Children, Education, Elderly, Family, Marriage, Men, Parenting, Relationships, Teenagers, Women | 38 Comments »
