by Dr Aletta | Aug 12, 2009 | Family Matters
Last week in an article about apologizing, I confessed to stealing a friend’s hair brush when I was six. That brush burned a hole in the back of my closet until the unbearable guilt ratted me out to my Mom. She marched me over to my friend’s house and stood at a...
by Dr Aletta | May 28, 2009 | Family Matters, Relationships
Don't do it. It's not good for them. Recent studies show that when parents fight regularly in front of their kids, purely verbal down and nasty fights, the children's emotional suffering is as though they've witnessed physical abuse. It's that...
by Dr Aletta | Mar 30, 2009 | Mental Health, Relationships
Help, I live with someone who has anger issues and they get mad as hell! We all know people who express their anger loudly and aggressively. They think that’s the best way to handle it and society as a whole has supported that notion. ‘Let it all hang out’ was the...