With active substance abuse and addiction, running in all directions of our family tree, we get to have many discussions on this matter. Both my boys insist they will never…
“You can't make me and neither can I.” I am almost finished with Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies and this line really stayed with me. ???Hard truth. Discipline over my thinking is a…
It is painful to witness my boys being expected to suffer silently or get comfortable in the presence of unkindness. Their father and I have very different principles and versions…
I Can Not Be Counted On: To be perfectTo be manipulated by fear, favoritism, or giftsTo agree or even feign agreementTo pretend that things are different from how they areTo…