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I Told My Dad He Raised a Criminal . Content Warning. AI-Generated.
My brother was always my father's favorite. Neither of them said it out loud — they didn't have to. We were both sharp kids, the kind who finish each other's sentences and quietly compete over everything from test scores to dinner table opinions. By most measurable standards, I pulled ahead more often. Better grades, more accolades, more letters of acceptance. None of it seemed to matter. Dad looked at Marcus the way he never quite looked at me — like something he'd made on purpose.
By Bertyl Kently5 months ago in Families
Why Young Adults Need More Than Therapy | How Telos U Builds Real-World Independence
Why We Believe Young Adults Need More Than Therapy: How Telos U Bridges Therapy and Real-World Independence At Telos U, we work with young adults during one of the most important and challenging transitions of their lives. Many of the individuals who come to us have already engaged in therapy. They have spent time in therapy, gained insight into their emotional patterns, and begun the process of healing.
By Jorge Reeves5 months ago in Families
A Dad Who Represented Himself in Family Court for the First Time
I never thought I'd be the kind of person who'd represent himself in court. I'm a roofer. I left school at sixteen with two GCSEs. Reading isn't my strong suit. Legal documents may as well be in another language as far as I'm concerned. So when I tell you I stood up in front of a magistrate and argued my own case for seeing my daughter, you'll understand why my hands wouldn't stop shaking for about three days afterwards.
By Family Law Service5 months ago in Families
A Mum Who Put Her Child First, And Considered Child Inclusive Mediation
I have a photograph on my fridge of Eva on her ninth birthday, blowing out candles shaped like a lopsided number nine, her cheeks pink from running around the garden. It was taken nine months before her dad and I sat down at the kitchen table and admitted, quietly, that we couldn't carry on pretending.
By Jess Knauf5 months ago in Families
No good deed...
I was looking after my parents’ house and their many pets while they were away for six months. Though I am somewhat lax in tending to the needs of my own house, I’ve always been very particular in taking care of theirs. Daily vacuuming and dusting, floor washing twice a week, keeping the vegetable garden weeded…those sorts of things. I am fanatical and particular about it, maybe because I’m afraid I’ll be in trouble if I don’t measure up. Shades of childhood.
By Marie McGrath5 months ago in Families
Carlton Jama Adams on Parenting Through Action: How Children Absorb Behavior More Than Instruction. AI-Generated.
Carlton Jama Adams is a licensed clinical psychologist and psychology professor specializing in healthy parenting. His academic and clinical work focuses on how children develop emotionally and socially through observation, repetition, and lived experience rather than verbal instruction alone. In his research and teaching, Carlton Jama Adams highlights that the most powerful influence on a child’s development is not what parents say, but what they consistently do in everyday situations. This perspective forms the foundation for understanding how behavior modeling shapes long-term character.
By Carlton Adams5 months ago in Families
Things Liberian Parents Say and Do to Their Children . Content Warning.
We all know that parents aren't perfect. They're definitely not saints either. However, whenever they do things that are unbecoming, we need to call them out on it. I was born to two Liberian parents, who I've been estranged from for nearly 15 years and yes, I was born here. The following entries on this list will go over some of the things I've noticed growing up were not only ridiculous, but outlandish. Since I'm estranged from the two people who were supposed to love and support me, I don't care if they get their feelings hurt if they were to run into their story. This story will stay up and if they were to run into this story and are offended by the things I've said, again, I don't care. Other than that, let's get on to the list.
By Mark Wesley Pritchard 5 months ago in Families
More Than Flour and Water: The Secret Recipe That Kept My Family Together
In my family, we don’t have an inheritance of jewelry or real estate. We don’t have a crest or a trust fund. What we have is a stained, flour-dusted index card kept in a wooden box that smells perpetually of cinnamon and old wood. On it, in a script that leans heavily to the right, is the recipe for “Nana’s Sunday Bread.”
By Mariana Farias5 months ago in Families
