Parental Alienation is also referred to as Hostile Aggressive Parenting and it is a form of legal child abuse. It occurs when one parent undertakes a deliberate campaign to turn the child against the... Read more >>

Tillie Olsen’s story, “I Stand Here Ironing,” describes the difficulties in single parenting during the depression. Absent of the time period, this story can still be related to... Read more >>

Once you have been married and divorced, entering the dating scene may be the last thing on your mind. Once you are “on the market,” so to speak, friends and family members may adopt you... Read more >>

I had to get up from my computer three times while writing the headline to this post, walking in circles and cracking my neck, inspecting the sink for any errant ants, wondering, is there maybe some... Read more >>

1. Know What You Want The first step towards getting what you want is knowing what you want. I decided very early on that my business was going to support my time with my daughter... Read more >>

This is a massive topic. It’s one I’ve been reading around now for about five years. And I’ll tell you what—when you see it working, it’s like magic just appeared in your... Read more >>

Being a single parent and wanting my daughters to have an extra tool for school, an encyclopedia salesman was invited to sit down at our dining room table and discuss the amenities. It... Read more >>

My office is very near to the neighborhood that I lived in for ten years. Ten tumultuous years. I am very attached to that neighborhood and specifically, to my old house on Webster Avenue. I moved... Read more >>

Before I had children, if someone had talked to me about “systems”and “right ways” to do things in my house, I’d have laughed my little cotton socks off. In my home,... Read more >>

It was a typical Friday night—the kind I love. My two sons and I were home, softening after the demands of yet another busy week. I was so relieved to cross over the threshold of my back door... Read more >>