Some years ago, I wrote about the concept of the golden child in a family. Succinctly put, this is a child who is asked to maintain the self esteem of a narcissist parent…
I run a feature on my blog titled Ask Me A Question. It is there so anyone can pose a question concerning their situation, disorder, relationship or anything else that they want some advice on…
There are many programs that one can subscribe to in order to recover from a codependent life. All of them offer something different from different angles and theories…
There is an old saying: “anyone can have a child but not everyone can be a parent”. These wise words are very true and can be applied to a lot of the parenting we all see day to day…
Codependency is not a disease and should not be treated like one. When managed care systems finally recognise it as a disorder, there will surely be a push to apply a medical model to recovery…
It has been said that a large part of the global population is codependent on something or somebody. That something could be work, substances, alcohol…
Over the weekend, I witnessed a physical assault on a young child. You might not be surprised to know that he was with his parents at the time. I was in a store with my wife…
Can you imagine what it is like for a child who is trying to work out how the world works, being dragged into the adult world before they are ready…
As children grow older, they like to explore and push boundaries. What they are looking for is a sense of autonomy and self-confidence, an important cog in the wheel of development…
When my daughter who is now 30 started crawling, we attended as a couple some parenting classes. This was supplemented by visits from the seminar leader to consolidate the theory in practice…
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