by Jeff Packer | Mar 12, 2024 | Children & Adolescence, Conflict, Family, Parenting, Problem-Solving, Teens
When a mother holds her daughter for the first time, a number of overwhelming thoughts and feelings accumulate. We love our daughter so deeply and unconditionally. As our princesses grow, we watch our daughters blossom. We observe them in their playgroups, we watch...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 25, 2024 | Change, Diabetes, Eating Disorder, Family, Mental Health, Parenting, Stress, Teens
Help For Eating Disorders Saves Lives – Durham Region In a “sweeping” analysis of 77 studies, involving more than 15,000 subjects, University of Wisconsin researchers post-doctoral student Shelley Grabe and psychology professor Janet Hyde found that...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 8, 2024 | Change, Conflict, Crisis, Family, Love & Relationships, Mental Health, Parenting, Stress, Teens
Family: composed of many unique individuals, with varying thoughts, beliefs, opinions and pursuits for life. We don’t choose our family; they are pretty much assigned to us. We may assume that we were destined to be in the family we are in; that the individuals...
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...
by Jeff Packer | Sep 4, 2017 | Anger Management, Blended Family, Change, Cooperative Parenting, Depression, Family, Love & Relationships, Marriage, Separation & Divorce, Stress
Yes we are separated, and share children yet… There is no word or label to describe me ! It occurred to me recently that there is no title for me that my ex-husbands new children can use when referring to me. There is not a single word to describe...
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