Christmas is the hardest time of year for those estranged from close family
With Christmas just around the corner, many will be finalising plans to see their families over the festive period. Yet for others, family relationships are challenging, distant and a source of pain....
View ArticleThe downside of larger families
Large families often capture the public’s attention, from “The Brady Bunch” to “19 Kids and Counting.” But new research from economists at the University of Houston offers strong evidence that...
View ArticleChildren’s emotional attention predicted by early family system types
The type of family system during pregnancy and the baby’s first year predicts the way the child processes emotional information. The results of a ten-year longitudinal study conducted at the...
View ArticleThe 200 happiest words
Laughter, happiness, love, happy, laughed, laugh, laughing, excellent, laughs, joy, successful, win, rainbow, smile, won, pleasure, smiled, rainbows, winning, celebration, enjoyed, healthy, music,...
View ArticleThe Family Dynamics We Grew Up with Shape How We Work
Does your CEO remind you of your bullying older brother? Or the mother who always refolded your clothes because you didn’t do a good enough job? Or the emotionally distant father who never praised you?...
View ArticleHillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America’s white working class...
View ArticleHow a Family Comes to Terms with a Diagnosis of Autism
Newswise — How a family comes to terms – if they are able to come to terms – with a diagnosis of autism is documented in the BBC television series that is currently being broadcast on Sundance TV, The...
View ArticleLong-distance grandpa gives tips (with video) for staying in touch
My daily routine on the way to work has a brand-new step that I enjoy very much but wish I didn’t have to do: I hold my iPhone up to my face and record a 30-second video greeting to my … Continue...
View ArticleFamilies caring for an aging America: new report
WASHINGTON – The demand for family caregivers for adults who are 65 or older is increasing significantly, and family caregivers need more recognition, information, and support to fulfill their...
View ArticleOne foster mother’s perspective
Since I was a teenager, I wanted to be a foster parent some day. I have fostered around 15 children and adopted 5. I currently have my 5, plus 2 foster children. I have never given birth, never wanted...
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