Month: February 2012

The Family Hero – It’s Not All Good

The Hero or Responsible Child is the first of the learned behaviors of children who grow up with an emotionally absent parent.  When one parent is not providing emotional support to the family and the other parent is focused on that absence, the children are often left to fend on their own. Often the oldest, …

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How Children Cope – 4 Learned Roles for Stress Management

Many decades ago, counselors saw an interesting outcome from treatment of alcoholics (most of whom were male):  their clients seemed to do better when the spouse attended a week of treatment geared specifically for them.  Proven repeatedly, the conclusion was clear:  when the spouse of the alcoholic worked on herself, he recovered more quickly and more strongly. …

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More Fun with Awards

When I started Kristen Lamb’s class We Are Not Alone, back in October, I wasn’t so sure about blogging.  I’m a voracious reader but I don’t read blogs is what I told myself.  So I sat around and watched and learned, got started on twitter and hung out with some of the coolest people I’ve …

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