by Jeff Packer | Jan 4, 2022 | Blended Family, Children & Adolescence, Conflict, Cooperative Parenting, Family, Parenting, Separation & Divorce
While many researchers may indicate yes to this question, it doesn’t have to be so. The initial turmoil and emotional upset following separation and divorce impacts all family members, disrupting family stability, emotional balance and even parental...
by Jeff Packer | Dec 30, 2021 | Blended Family, Children & Adolescence, Conflict, Family, Parenting
We can do a lot to help our children be more truthful and honest. As parents, our response to children, both when they are honest and misbehave, has a significant impact on their inner thoughts, feelings and choices. Sometimes we get into a pattern of reaction and...
by Jeff Packer | Dec 6, 2021 | Blended Family, Children & Adolescence, Family, Parenting
Most of us take parenting skills for granted – that we will somehow instinctively “know” what, when and how to parent. We are gifted with the sage advice of “elders” and (at times) conflicting words of wisdom from friends who claim to have “been there and done that.”...
by Jeff Packer | Nov 25, 2021 | Blended Family, Change, Children & Adolescence, Family, Friendship, Love & Relationships
As we plan and construct our future, we are constantly changing or renovating, if you will – the bachelor apartment where we are single and the home where we start our family. This home is constantly remodelled as the size of our family grows, and our needs...
by Jeff Packer | Dec 21, 2020 | Addictions, Affairs and Adultery, Anger Management, Anxiety, Blended Family, Change, Children & Adolescence, Conflict, Crisis, Culture & Ethnicity, Death and Loss, Depression, Diabetes, Discipline, Domestic Violence, Eating Disorder, Family
In the face of adversity, what will you choose? *I was 14 years-old the first time I found myself laying in a hospital bed. What I didn’t know then, was that I would spend the next three years of my life fighting for my health. I missed more school days than I...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 18, 2018 | Anger Management, Blended Family, Love & Relationships, Marriage, Mental Health, Parenting
Family Systems Theory – by Susan Packer It has been said that laughter is infectious. Joy and happiness can be transferred from one to another simply through a smile. Likewise, negative emotions such as anger, fear and sadness easily move from one individual...
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