More on Divorce and relationship difficulties

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But, in the real world, marriages are made up of the little things – taking out the trash, picking up the kids from school, wiping down the shower or picking up your pants If there are frustrations over the little things, it can erode the whole marriage. … Its simple really isn’t it, marriage takes alot of work, is a struggle, but has immense benefits, its not all plain sailing or getting your own way, its full of compromise but if it can be done with Love then you are on the way to success. … Maybe because they have things that compliment, support or even challenge your views or even deep down inside you still love your partner so much, or Whatever the reason, you need to find a strong reason to keep your marriage from divorce first.

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Equality, abuse and the sexualisation of children

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What have we done to our children, that they no longer are allowed to be children?  Cossetted, protected, given everything, encouraged to gow up and mature so quickly. Yet their innocence, rather than being in the majority taken by predators, is corrupted Read More

My Toddler hasn’t slept properly in 6 weeks (neither have I)

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Then she developed diarrhoea and her stomach has not been the same since, now she complains that her tummy hurts alot of the time and is not just aware of passing urine and stool but is frightened of it, despite now having gotten over the illness. … So if your child suddenly develops an allergy to going to bed or sleeping problems after being fine with bed time, don’t automatically reach for a baby sleep manual, it could just be that she is ill, about to be ill or genuinely needs help as she reaches a life stage whee she becomes more aware of her individuality and seperartion.

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Autumn Days by Estelle white

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My son was asking about this as a favourite of the school assembly and always liked as a song for junior school, year 6 leavers  is I thought I would put up the lyrics: Autumn days, when the grass is jewelled And the silk in a chestnut shell Jet Read More

Birth and Babies – Pressures on your relationship

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Most people will tell you having a baby draws you closer together, because it is a wonderful and miraculous thing.  It involves a special shared intimacy and care both for the baby and your partner. However pregnancy, birth and the babies early months Read More

A New Baby – Colic

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Perhaps I spoke too soon , as our baby continued not to sleep and to exhibit signs of digestion discomfort and colic. We began to realise that when she did sleep this was due to total exhaustion (imagine how we felt) and whilst in all other respects she Read More

Babies: The first 3 weeks

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Every child is different, their pregnancy is different, their birth is different and their parents are different, so this is not “The Truth” is a truth as it worked for me. The birth was luckily short and we were home with our Baby Read More

Divorce, a man, and with children – the new baby

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Divorce | New partner | New Baby So as you may know I offer counselling to people going through or coping with divorce.  I was over at the Fathers Direct web site: http://www.fathersdirect.com/ and I came across this blog by a guy who is expecting a Read More
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