Help for Parents Coping with Divorce, Adoption, Teenager and Relationship Issues

By Marisue Alsobrook  
 
 
 
Let’s catch up to some Time Savers!  How Do We  
Save Time When The Clock Is Ticking?
 
Introduction:  Did you ever build a paper chain?  Family members are like that paper chain, linked together by genetics or choice, habits, things shared and time spent together.  While the chain can be lengthy and strong, it can also [...]

By Marisue Alsobrook
Introduction:  Some of life’s most important links are built during Family Meetings. Family Meetings can help you link together as a family, improving your relationship with each other in the short term and perhaps for life.
However, the meetings are not easy, in fact, sometimes you might feel as though it’s just too chaotic. [...]

by Marisue Alsobrook
Introduction:  Teaching kids to set goals helps them see the progress they make and where they need to improve.  Self-evaluation also helps us be less sensitive to criticism; we are more able to see it as direction.  Just as using a road map to reach a destination, setting personal goals pushes us closer to [...]

By Marisue Alsobrook
Introduction: Linking ourselves to self control and anger management is necessary for happiness and healthy living.  For many, controlling anger is not easy. In fact, I think the energy and tension of anger can even be addictive. Strange as it seems, feeling mad, for some, feels good.  Think about those you know who are always [...]

by Marisue Alsobrook
Introduction: Daily Life links us all to stress.  Stress is  all around us, impossible to escape.  We can  handle what life tosses at us if we are informed and realistic.  Do we expect too much?  Are we taking ourselves and those around us too seriously?  Can we improve our lives with nutrition, exercise, and [...]

By Marisue Alsobrook
Introduction: Anger Management sounds so easy.  Like ordering fast food, let’s just have some.  Actually, it’s a lifestyle, and because of that, anger management takes time to learn and “grow.”  This fresh new attitude can be created with desire and determination.  It bears wonderful fruit.  The comfort zone that develops is so “good” [...]

by Marisue Alsobrook
Introduction:  Waiting on good things to happen takes faith.  But, “waiting” doesn’t mean “doing nothing.”  Faith should generate action, walking in faith consists of making good choices.  Everyday we can choose to create the best attitude, help others, and take important steps towards what matters most to us:  our family, friends, job, co-workers and just [...]

by Marisue Alsobrook
“Do you have someone close to you who is in grief?  Are you struggling trying to talk to those in pain? I know you want to help. Sometimes the best thing to say is nothing much.  Please avoid giving well meaning advice.  Listen.  Make comforting sounds.  Hug or don’t hug.  Be there.  Say [...]

By: Marisue Alsobrook
 If I had to say one thing about parenting, I’d say that effective parenting is built one moment at a time. Raising kids is a process, not an event. Are we expecting perfection? Remember age and stage, think about what it’s like to be a child. Love them, listen to them, and think [...]

By:  Marisue Alsobrook

Step Parenting 
  No “wicked step-mother” allowed!  You don’t have to birth a child, to love them deeply, and as if they were ‘your own.’  As a mother of one biological son and 2 adopted, I know that love is individual and unique with each person in your life.  My kids are alike, yet [...]