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Family Conflict

The Cold Shoulder At Christmas: Family Holidays With A Transgender Daughter

Ellsworth 'Derry' Rundlett, III | Posted 02.19.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: Transgender Family Members, Holidays, Holiday Season, Family Tension During the Holidays, Family Holidays, Transgender Daughter, Transgender Issues, Transgender Children, Transgender Child, Transgender, Family Conflict, LGBT Rights, Transgender Kids, LGBT Equality, Gay Voices News
Ellsworth 'Derry' Rundlett, III

When Nicole decided to become her authentic self, I was startled and unsure -- but time, education and counseling have made our parent/child relationship stronger than ever. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for our extended family.

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7 Ways To Manage Family-Time Overload This Holiday Season

Tamar Chansky | Posted 02.14.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Family Conflict, Holidays, Hanukkah, Expectations, Christmas With Family, Family Relationships, Hanukkah With Family, Conscious Relationships, Holidays Canada, Holiday Stress, Anxiety, Compassion, Family, Shifting Perspective, Healthy Living News
Tamar Chansky

What exactly are you incredulous about? People being themselves. Exactly as they've always been, year after year. Why is it so hard to live with the way people are? Because we can't accept it. Because we want them to be different. Surprise! They are still the same. Surprise again! So are we.

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Glass Half-Full: How To Be A Little Less Cynical

Lisa Firestone | Posted 02.04.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Friendship, Critical Inner Voice, Cynicism, Conflict, Relationships, Optimism, Pessimism, Cynical, Conflict Relationships, Conflict in Families, Conflict in Relationships, Emotional Wellness, Cynical Feelings, Conflicts, Conflict and Fighting, Family Conflict, Fighting, Critical Voice, Cynical Emotions, Fights and Conflict, Healthy Living News
Lisa Firestone

Ultimately, it is always in our own self-interest to be open and vulnerable rather than to be nasty or write people off. The only person we can control is ourselves. When we get cynical, we are the ones who suffer.

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Disharmony in the Land of Nod

Wray Herbert | Posted 10.01.2012 | Science
Read More: Family Conflict, Emotional Processing, Childhood Trauma, Infant Development, Infants Sleep Parental Conflict, Babies Parental Conflict, Infants Parental Conflict, Babies Sleep Parental Conflict, Science News
Wray Herbert

A new study suggests that even moderate levels of household conflict can alter basic brain function in infants, leaving them hypersensitive to negative emotions. Even more startling, it appears that even sleep cannot protect our youngest children from battling mothers and fathers.

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Md. Man Dies Before Hearing On Feeding-Tube Clash

AP | Posted 01.02.2012 | DC
Read More: Terri Schiavo, Family Conflict, Feeding Tube, Video, Daniel Sanger, Frederick County, Dan Sanger, Feeding-Tube Case, Maryland, DC News

FREDERICK, Md. -- A brain-damaged man at the center of a Maryland dispute over whether his feeding tube should be removed has died. An attorney for t...

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Blamed, Shamed And Framed

Lillian Daniel | Posted 09.12.2011 | Religion
Read More: Family Conflict, Judgment, Alcoholism, Justice, Grandmothers, Judgment and Christianity, Teachings of Jesus, Christianity, Christian Love, Religion News
Lillian Daniel

Jesus once said, "I do not judge anyone who hears my words and does not keep them, for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world."

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Want To Relieve Stress And Enjoy The Holidays? Add More '-ing' To The Season

Gabrielle Bernstein | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Family Conflict, Gratitude Positivity, Visiting Family, Positivity, Manage Holiday Stress, Manage Conflict, Family Positivity, Manage Family Conflict, The Inner Life, Holiday Stress, Gratitude, Happiness Inspiration, Inspiration, Happiness, Video, Healthy Living News
Gabrielle Bernstein

Spending the holidays with family can dredge up old resentments and emotional challenges. I firmly believe that you can turn these obstacles into opportunities for positive change.

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Done Right, Divorce can Benefit Children

Ruth Bettelheim, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Divorce
Read More: Divorce, Marriage, Family Conflict, Children, Child Custody, Child Support, Legislation, Family, Divorce News
Ruth Bettelheim, Ph.D.

As divorce is clearly here to stay, it may be more productive to instead ask how the process of dissolving a marriage might be changed to avoid, as much as possible, damaging children.

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