Many parents worry about whether they’re hurting their kids by fighting in front of them. Join Dr. Coleman on View from the Bay as he discusses the Do’s and Don’ts!
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Fighting in Front of the Children
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Tagged arguments, communication, conflict resolution, depressed mothers, developing relationship step children, divorce, divorced fathers, effect on the family, fighting, having children, resolving problems, step families, worry about child
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What are some tips for new step-families?
Coming into a step family or blended family can be a challenge for every member of the new family. The main thing to remember is that you are not there to replace the old family and its members. You are simply coming together to form a new family that may have separate values or traditions than the previous families.
Now That We Are Parents, How Can We Keep Our Marriage Strong?
Having children opens a whole new area of your relationship. Make sure to work as a team to raise the child and doing house work. If one partner is bearing most of the responisbilites, it can make for a very stressful atmosphere which can be negative for the baby as well as the couple’s relationship.
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Tagged connection, family, having children, Marriage, neglect
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How do we deal with different parenting styles?
Make sure you talk with your spouse about core values that you would like to bestow to your child. Talk through disagreements and find solutions to any oppositions who may have in regards to the issue.
Stepchildren Who Resent Their Stepparents
Though it is very important for your children to see you forming new, healthy relationships with the ones around you, it is also important that they get to spend time with you as their parent. Sometimes step fathers or step mothers are so worried about bonding with their new step children that they sometimes neglect their own children by mistake. Remember to communicate with you children about their thought and feeling so that no one gets hurt in the process of forming the new family.
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Today Show
WHEN PARENTS HURT: Al Roker and Hoda Kotb interview Dr. Coleman on the topic of parents who have been cut off by their grown children.
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Tagged alienated parents, divorce, parent alienation syndrome, Parental Estrangement, Top
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