This piece is making the rounds on Facebook–deservedly. It’s about how people mistake feeling bad about hurting somebody for feeling bad because they were hurt, how guilt disables
Just another one of those moments that make you go “Huh?” A member of an estranged parents’ forum describes herself as semi-estranged from her son. Recently she planned
A roundup of links and links-to-links, mostly by Reddit user Invah: Abusers and “Show and Tell”: “The common thread with personality disordered individuals is that what they tell
An estranged parents’ forum found an article on accepting feedback from your (underaged) kids. The article starts twee, then moves on to a genuine challenge: In the fourth
Last night I was watching Monday and Tuesday’s Dr. Phil–I do all my psychological research with only the best accredited resources–and it occurred to me that there’s a
One of those WTF moments I must share. On a board about step-parenting, someone complained that their 15-year-old stepdaughter never flushed the toilet after she took a dump,
In the wake of the discussion with Hurting Parent, yesterday’s and today’s Dr. Phil episodes are oddly appropriate. The basic outline is there: The well-behaved 18-year-old who leaves home
One of the things that perpetually boggles me is how members of estranged parents’ forums say their children have informed them that the relationship is over and they
The second of the pages about how estranged parents react to their children’s reasons for estrangement is up now: Estranged Parents Confront Their Children’s Reasons. In this example,
