How Do I Handle My Daughter's Abusive Relationship?
Watching your daughter suffer at the hands of an abuser is a painful experience for any parent - here is some advice.
Read more →Resolving Family Conflict: Sibling Rivalry & Controlling Parents
Family disputes often stem from controlling parents, sibling jealousy, or abusive dynamics. Resolving these deep-seated conflicts requires understanding family systems and implementing specific communication strategies.
4 Causes of Family Conflict
Family harmony provides a sense of belonging and a feeling of security unlike many other types of relationships. When conflict arises, it threatens that security.
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How to Handle Siblings After the Death of Your Parents
While some adult siblings bond more closely after the death of their parents, others find that the loss brings unresolved tensions and old rivalries to the surface.
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How to Handle Adult Sibling Conflict
Sibling rivalry traces its roots back to early childhood when siblings compete with each other for their parents' love and attention. Although it is common to feel threatened by this competition in childhood, it often continues unresolved into adulthood, according to Elizabeth Bernstein, author of "
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How to Deal With a Controlling Parent
Having a controlling parent can leave you struggling to break free and gain your own independence. You may feel stuck between what you want and what your parent wants for you. If you find yourself dealing with a controlling parent, there are steps you can take to help you escape the grasp of their controlling ways.
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Jealousy in Adult Siblings
Although the average person typically thinks of sibling rivalry as school-age children arguing over toys, sharing a bedroom, and who gets more of mom's and dad’s attention, the feuds and jealousy often spill into individuals’ adult lives.
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How to Stop a Bullying Mother-in-Law
A mother-in-law that bullies you goes far beyond a difficult one. At one time or another, most daughter-in-laws struggle with their husband's mothers. Your mother-in-law likely learned her behavior in childhood.
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Conflict Theory & the Family
Conflict theory addresses the way in which people within a unit struggle for power, how they disagree and what actions they take to compete for resources. Prestige and wealth often form the basis for the most intense competitions.
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Team-Building Exercises for Girls
Whether you’re working with your own daughters or a group of girls, it’s important for a young person to feel she belongs to a group. Team-building exercises for girls help participants learn more about themselves and one another, build trust and learn to cooperate in different ways.
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Can an Abusive Relationship Change?
One in four women will experience domestic violence in the course of a lifetime, psychologist David Adams asserts in “Psychologist: Some Domestic Abusers Want to Change -- and Can." One in 14 men will be abused by a partner, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
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How to Resolve Family Conflict
Conflict is inevitable among families, and the ways families choose to resolve conflict makes a huge difference. Families who peacefully resolve conflict may grow closer as they learn from one another and work hard to take one another's feelings into consideration.
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How to Fix a Broken Sibling Relationship
Troubled feelings and conflict from childhood can result in difficult and complicated sibling relationships in adulthood.
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Family Conflict Examples
Every family experiences conflict in its own way. Disagreements are a normal part of being a family and living together. Family discord is often a result of different personalities, misunderstandings and stressful family issues.
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