Dysfunctional Family

Shameless Is a Car Wreck

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Drug Use, Emmy Rossum, Alcoholism, Chicago, Dysfunctional Family, William H Macy, Showtime, Video, Entertainment News

Once you watch an episode of Shameless you will swear you aren't going to watch any more, but then there you are -- following each and every episode. It is addictive; once it grabs you, it won't let go.

Read Post

The Descendants Is Another Over Praised Clooney Film

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Hawaii, Alexander Payne, George Clooney, Adultery, Dysfunctional Family, Entertainment News

This movie is basically a study of the main character's ineptness as a husband and father. If this qualifies as entertainment for you, then you will be very pleased by the film.

Read Post

What if We Went Into Family Holidays Expecting to Actually Enjoy Them?

Melissa Lafsky | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Christmas, Thanksgiving, Dysfunctional Family, Happiness, Family, Women News

Miserable holidays are one of the last true American clichés. It's almost expected that a holiday meal arrives in tandem with histrionics and drama. But it doesn't have to be this way.

Read Post

Reform Congress - Save Ourselves

Daniel Hough Jones | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Religion, Politics, Congress, Relationships, Advertising, Progressives, Dysfunctional Democracy, 112th Congress, Conversation, Reform, Dysfunctional Family, Influtrol, Communication, Politics News

Thesis We live in a fragmented society. We are overwhelmed. Influtrol (a word I will be explaining) is a major cause. Influtrol has become endemic in ...

Read Post

How Can We Restore the Function to 'Dysfunctional' Families?

Peter Block | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Family Function, Dysfunctional Family, Family, Dysfunctional Families, Love and Relationships, Functional Families, Healthy Living News

A functional family means every member of the family needs every other member. It puts satisfaction into our own collective hands rather than settling for being a satisfied customer.

Read Post

The Terrible Secret of Women's Memoirs: Kill the Cookie

Susie Bright | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Women, Books, Susie Bright, Memoir, Feminism, Norman Mailer, Sexuality, Dysfunctional Family, Books We Love, Books News

How does a woman, an American woman born in mid-century, write a memoir? The chutzpah and femmechismo needed to undertake the project go against the apron.

Read Post

Higher Depression Rates In Children Of Divorce

naplesnews.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Depression in Kids, Single Parent Homes, Children of Divorce, Divorce, Dysfunctional Family, Depression in Children, Divorce News

These are all sobering statistics with the potential to drain the creative energy of our next generation: • Children of divorced parents are seven ...

Read Whole Story

Have a Holly, Jolly, Ex-Mas

Candace Walsh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Southern California, New Mexico, Divorce, Mindfulness, Prague, Christmas, Dysfunctional Family, Christmas-Vacations, Divorce News

If you, too, are thinking of Christmas with a wince and not a smile, if your inner child goes into the fetal position every December, come sit by me.

Read Post

How to Get Through What You're Going Through: Who's Your Daddy?

Iyanla Vanzant | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mourning, Abuse, Childhood, Faith, Dysfunctional Family, Iyanla Vanzant, Family, Death, Healthy Living News

At birth, we are like cartilage -- soft, flexible tissue. By the same natural process by which cartilage becomes hard bone, the soft, tender heart of an innocent child can become hardened by the circumstances into which she is born.

Read Post

Home For The Holidays?

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Thanksgiving Books, Dysfunctional Families, Thanksgiving Day 2010, Thanksgiving, Matilda, Roald Dahl, Crazy People, Dysfunctional Family, Running With Scissors, Memoir Family, Memoir, Jonathan Franzen, Thanksgiving Day, The Corrections, Crazy Families, Books News

Dreading going home for the holidays? So are a lot of people. Last year we compiled a list of writers whose real families we thought must be nuttier ...

Read Whole Story

It's the Most Dysfunctional Time of the Year!

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Jaffa is a taut drama that benefits from an extremely strong cast.

Read Post

'Dead End Gene Pool': Hilarious Dysfunction At The End Of The Vanderbilt Line

The Huffington Post | Wendy Burden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Misogyny, Richard Hunt, Acne, Std, Richest in the World, Richest Man in America, Corporate Greed, Vanderbilt, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Gilded Age, Inbreeding, Dysfunctional Family, Books News

From "Dead End Gene Pool" by Wendy Burden Prologue It's a testament to his libido, if not his character, that Cornelius Vanderbilt died of syphilis ...

Read Whole Story

Michelle Golland: The Media Is the Message for the Mentally Ill

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Depression, Diabetes, Larry King, Anorexia, Michelle Golland, Mental Illness, Dr. Michelle Golland, Health, Intervention, Oprah, Psychology Today, Dysfunctional Family, Hoarders, Healthy Living News

A vivacious blonde, she has always been the "elephant hunter," the one who is not afraid to discuss the elephant in the room in her own family and in others' families.

Read Post

Modern Family Follows Dysfunctional TV Family Path

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Family Matters, TV Shows, Television, Salon.com, Family Affair, Family Double Dare, Tv, Family Guy, All in the Family, Abc, The Addams Family, Mama's Family, Modern Family, Dysfunctional Family, The Proud Family, Entertainment News

There's a longstanding precedent in place for TV shows that carry the term "Family" in their headers. Television writers have long played up the hostile, bitter and even violent side to families as a way to offset expectations.

Read Post

Holiday Tips For Progressives With Families

W. Hunter Roberts | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Holidays, Holiday Season, Love, Dysfunctional Families Holidays, Dysfunctional Family, Communication, Family, Christmas, Healthy Living News

Want to have a holiday with your family that is warm and fuzzy? You probably don't need to trade-up at Adopt-A Family -- you just need to engage in some serious loving.

Read Post

10 Dysfunctional Family Memoirs And One Shakespeare Play (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Dreading going home for the holidays? So are a lot of people, and we imagine some of these writers wouldn't be looking forward to it either. Here ...

Read Whole Story

The Curse of Domestic Violence: A Cycle of Abuse from Father to Son

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Abuse, Spousal Abuse, Economy, Economic Crisis, Violence, Drugs, Parenting, Dysfunctional Family, Murder, Pediatricians, Child Abuse, Health, Alcohol, Domestic Violence, Family, Santa Fe, Healthy Living News

How can boys raised in an abusive environment learn any differently? It is nice to say we have to show them or teach them by example, but what example can we use?

Read Post

Mariel Hemingway: 3 Reasons To Heal From A Dysfunctional Family

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Happiness, Meditation, The Inner Life, Abuse, Dysfunctional Family, Mariel Hemingway, Healthy Living News

"My life is about survival," shares actress and HuffPost blogger Mariel Hemingway. "I come from a family of tremendous mental illness - great creativi...

Read Post

Avoiding Turkey-Time Misery

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Coping Strategies, Political Anger, Family Gatherings, Holiday Depression, Obama White House, Family and Politics, Dysfunctional Families Holidays, Obama Presidency, Family Holidays, President Obama, Obama Family, Political Debate, Dysfunctional Family, President Elect Obama, Healthy Living News

If you know you are anticipating a meal laced with digs and putdowns, subtle and overt, either political, personal, or a combo practice changing the subject.

Read Post