Tag: family
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Making Peace in Dysfunctional Families: How to Fix It and Whether You Should
Genuinely enjoying one another’s company. A family outing to Grayton Beach, with Lorna, Aislinn, Shannon, and Brian. All photos copyrighted. In every dysfunctional family, there’s at least one do-goodin’ peacemaker who is either a blood relative, an in-law, or a “concerned family friend.” Ironically, it’s usually not so much about making peace among hostile relatives…
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Having a Family Is Not an Excuse for “No”
Photo by Lorna Tedder, copyrighted. One of my colleagues, when she was 8 months pregnant, was asked with great disdain why she would consider having a child and didn’t she know that having a family life would hurt her career as a contract negotiator? I wanted to think we’d come a lot farther in…