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Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Sunday, December 20, 2020 9:10 PM
Click on the headline above to access the archive for Judith Hatch-Orme’s “Kids & Families First” column.
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While we may fantasize about having a peaceful, calm household, free of sibling suffering, the only way to prevent the inevitable rivalry is to have just one child. Children will always have their power struggles, yet siblings are ...
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Is there anything more frustrating or distressing for parents than sibling rivalry? The question repeatedly asked is: “How can I stop my kids’ fighting?” Whether it’s an intact family or two homes after divorce, sibling dynamics can ...
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Q: The entire holiday season has made me feel like I’m just swimming against the current. It’s been really hard setting boundaries with my family, trying to keep my kids and husband and me safe and healthy. Not just family, but some ...
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With the prevailing circumstances bringing such hardship to so many, it can be difficult to embrace the holiday spirit. While it’s certainly uplifting to observe the beautiful decorative lights transforming area homes and businesses ...
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Too many conscientious mothers and fathers think parenting is all about homework, car pools, and town soccer, and are not experiencing much joy with their families. Larry Cohen encourages parents to ‘lose their dignity’ in order ...
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Q: I’m a devoted, divorced dad, recently remarried. My ex-wife is still single, although dating. My 9-year-old daughter was edgy since getting back from an overnight with her mom. She was “tightly wound” when she came home, which ...
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As a couples therapist, as well as a divorce mediator, I’ve had the experience of working both “sides of the fence”: with couples struggling to stay together after years of disconnection and chronic conflict, and with those headed to court ...
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How often do you berate yourself, carrying on with self-loathing, denigrating yourself for not being “good enough, smart enough, sufficiently talented”? We all have those quick, knee-jerk reactions to situations in which we feel ...
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My last column addressed a question from a partner of a divorced dad. Struggling with rejection from his daughters, she asked for more suggestions. She admitted her tendency is to voice strong opinions to her partner about ...
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Q: I’m in a relationship fraught with conflict. I’m living 90% of the time and in love with a divorced father of two young girls, 6 and 4 years old. He has approximately 40% parenting time. Although we waited a year before exposing ...
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Q: This seems like a timely question. I am having a difficult time talking to my kids about transitioning back to school. With all the different options and uncertainties, what do you recommend I do or say? A: This is something that’s ...
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Although our inbox is where we receive most of our messages now, we can all recall the excitement of opening our USPS mailbox to discover a handwritten letter addressed to us. A friend, a relative, a former roommate, or a ...
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Q: I have a 10-year-old daughter who reacts to many typical daily situations with negativity (“cup half empty”). I’ve been trying to help her change her attitude by telling her to look at the positives, just flipping her view around, and ...
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A woman I’ll call Joan was visiting her father after her mother died. Each time she drove into the city in which she grew up, the same knot tightened in her stomach. Since her father had been widowed, he had begun making inappropriate ...
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Q: Having a beach sit . . . and really worried (and wicked annoyed) by all the parents yelling at their kids. It is a “do as I say right this minute just because” situation with parents repeating the child’s name over and over and ...
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Q: I’m in a relatively “new” relationship. We recently moved in together and now my girlfriend’s mother is spending more and more time at our house. Maybe an exaggeration, she lives close by and she’s always here, and ...
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Q: Our family is having a tough time with conflict. We all seem to want to have the control, maybe because it feels like there’s so little in life right now. We’re having too many disagreements, actually loud fighting sometimes ...
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We all think about being the parent we truly want to be. Perhaps that seems more challenging during this pandemic. Supporting the range of emotions, both our children’s and ours, can be overwhelming, even at the best of times....
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While we’re all anxious to get back to normal, I wonder if we realize what we might miss. As much as this quarantine creates eerie, chaotic day after day, week after week, maybe many of us really needed a reboot. For some, our ...
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Raw emotions. We will never be the same after raising children. Innocence and independence will not be ours again. Mothering has now taken us to new heights, increasing our daily responsibility to be present — homeschooling ...
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