Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Some have a parent who is verbally nasty, maybe physically harsh too. The other does nothing to really protect, but becomes the preferred parent. Because of not being overtly mean, they are seen positively. The fact is though, that parent has been neglectful. That parent left you unprotected. Neither parent has truly acted in the interest of the child.

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Nnatasha Tracy

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Recently, I wrote on Instagram about how when you compare yourself to others, you lose. I quoted Theodore Roosevelt, who said, "Comparison is the thief of joy." I consider this to be true, but it doesn't mean I don't fall into the trap of comparing myself to others. Comparison is a natural human instinct, but that doesn't mean it's always helpful to us.

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Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Oh sweet alcohol. When you are chosen over the pleas of spouse and children, you are no longer in control of yourself as you may think. The alcohol owns you. Its grasp likely masking the hurts and pain of horrible experiences denied and pushed from view. Your pain and then alcohol the solution perpetuates another generation of grief. Survival of the others may mean their withdrawal from you.

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Famcare

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Every now and then this blog takes a close-up of the work an individual agency is doing. This week we would like to profile Starting Over, Inc. a small Los Angeles agency dedicated to helping individuals who have fallen by the wayside and are trying to reenter the mainstream of normal life. Starting Over Inc. is dedicated to helping Southern California's most vulnerable by addressing homelessness, recidivism, and reentry.

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Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

From time to time I am asked about how one keeps a grandchild in the life of a grandparent where that grandparent is truly mean to the parent, a bad influence on the grandchild or engages in poor behaviors. The thinking is that this parent doesn’t want to undermine the grandparent- grandchild relationship. These situations really need exploration.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Michael Hill , John Harvey and Tim Johnson on the reforms needed to create a social care system that doesn’t fail people when they’re most vulnerable Once again, Polly Toynbee deploys her deep knowledge of the deficiencies of social services to good effect ( People are dying waiting for social care. Wealthy people’s inheritance issues are not a priority, 22 November ).

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