Higher scores on the Open Communication Scale indicate higher levels of perceived effective communication in the family, and higher scores on the Problem Communication Scale indicates perceptions of
more problems in family communication.
In addition to economic issues, there are questions of who gets to live in the house pending the divorce, how to address the psychological damage that is occurring to all of the parties, how to deal with issues of physical abuse, all while the process generates many
more problems in a family that's already troubled to begin with.
Is your depression caused by being unhappy in your relationship or is the depression causing
more problems in your family or relationships?
Not exact matches
I've thought about this topic a lot, and I keep coming back to the same annoying conclusion: lots of
families spend all of their income (or
more), and when they realize this is a
problem, they try to cut back on small luxuries when they should be thinking about housing and car expenses — the elephants
in the room.
The New York Times recently highlighted the long - term impact difficult schedules can have on
family wellness,
in an article called: «A growing body of research suggests that a child's language and
problem - solving skills may suffer as a result of their parents» problematic schedules, and that they may be
more likely than other children to smoke and drink when they're older.»
I am happy that the writer had the choices that she did... She is also free to decide whether or not she is a Catholic... She however, took an available medication for a health
problem... most Catholic facilities recognize such health
problems and allow for that treatment... I am completly puzzled, though, that she would not want other Catholics to be able to choose differently than she did... for those people who wish to use contraceptive services and medication, options are open to them... I am not Catholic, did not grow up
in a faith based
family, and don't know whether a God exists or not... However, to leave a relgious group with no option but to contradict its own tenets is an attempt by those who don't believe
in those tenents to mock them, certainly, but
more to erode them... this seems the aim of many and when those folks operate from inside the government... that intrusion is an overreach of the govenrment...
In sum, although a few apologists such as Stephanie Coontz still insist otherwise, just about everyone else in possession of the evidence acknowledges that the sexual revolution has weakened family ties, and that family ties (the presence of a biologically related mother and father in the home) have turned out to be important indicators of child well - being — and more, that the broken home is not just a problem for individuals but also for societ
In sum, although a few apologists such as Stephanie Coontz still insist otherwise, just about everyone else
in possession of the evidence acknowledges that the sexual revolution has weakened family ties, and that family ties (the presence of a biologically related mother and father in the home) have turned out to be important indicators of child well - being — and more, that the broken home is not just a problem for individuals but also for societ
in possession of the evidence acknowledges that the sexual revolution has weakened
family ties, and that
family ties (the presence of a biologically related mother and father
in the home) have turned out to be important indicators of child well - being — and more, that the broken home is not just a problem for individuals but also for societ
in the home) have turned out to be important indicators of child well - being — and
more, that the broken home is not just a
problem for individuals but also for society.
Huntington, for example, contends that «far
more significant than the global issues of economics and demography are
problems of moral decline», an «increase
in antisocial behavior», decay of
family structures, weakening of the «work ethic», and decreasing commitment to intellectual activity.12 Similarly Brzezinski refers to a current global crisis of spirit which has to be overcome if the human race is to regain some control over its destiny.
Alcoholism is a common
problem in my extended
family, and
in my ex-husband - who chose to divorce because he loved to drink
more than he loved me, something he directly said to me.
These policies won't solve our
problems, but they will shift the incentives
in our system so that people
in the lower - earning segment will become a bit
more likely to enjoy the relatively higher
family stability and higher employment that other Americans take for granted.
(132) The energy bursting from this story is admirable, but this is a long way from the
problems of an averageCatholic
family in Britain, who are
more likely to be worrying about what the local primary school is teaching their children, rather than the best way to shoot a rat.
Ministers appeared who, after investigation, proved to be no
more mentally ill than other people, but who really hoped that the psychiatrists could call them such — because then the relational
problems in the church, or
in the
family, would not have to be taken as their own responsibility.
A person who will not work
in order to get
more than $ 5,000 to support a
family at today's prices may have
problems, but it is hardly lack of incentive.
When we look at it
in this way, the
problems of our world — internal and international conflicts, delinquency, terrorism, widespread violence — do not appear any
more as strange and mysterious phenomena, due to the irrationality and wickedness of a few, but as the «logical» and foreseeable expression of an «unviable»
family, organized
in a perverse and self - destructive way;
Then we had
families where one or
more of the adults were addicted to drugs or alcohol, or had serious emotional and marital
problems that resulted
in antisocial activity disturbing to other tenants.
My last point and Im out... Throughout our great nations history... we always found a way to fight through national issues and come up with solutions... Giving the
problems we have now to people
in the 50's and 60's... and they may actually come up with a solution... if you earnestly care about making a change... start at the lowest levels of government... go do something... find out costs... expenses... how to get
more health care to people... do things like that... quit waiting on the government to provide all the answers... its not the way this country was founded... and not the way we get through
problems... If you or ur
family does nt have insurance... get a job that can provide you that... instead of hoping the government will do so... If you or ur
family lacks access to education... move to an area that excels at it... education is invaluable... Do something about your
problem... and quit waiting for the next big lotto...
I will definitely be ordering
more from them
in the future and will encourage my
family and friends to do the same, which I'm sure won't be a
problem once they tasted its...
Nothing about that has changed but the sharing of it, either at a friend or relatives», or just spontaneously going out to eat, has shifted dramatically
in the last decade as I began to develop
more tactics for avoiding eating with others, or later, when I realized many of my health
problems were attributed to food intolerances, and most friends and
family no longer knew how to prepare food that was gluten, dairy, and for the most part meat - free.
Although the work is
more fulfilling, the job comes with its own stresses — being entirely responsible for preventing a
family's eviction, navigating the hot mess of housing court
in New York City, and feeling unequipped to deal with clients» everyday
problems like crushing poverty, mental illness, domestic violence, and every kind of discrimination you can imagine.
In addition to therapy and medication, I recently discovered two
more things I want and need to do to take better care of myself — the first is getting regular exercise and the second is attending a 12 - step program (for friends and
families of
problem drinkers).
«Schoolhouse Rock»: An Education Blog, September 2008 «A true solution to the
problem of underachievement
in inner - city public schools is going to require
more nurturing
families and safer neighborhoods as well as better teachers and
more accountable schools.»
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A substantial body of research now indicates that high levels of involvement by fathers
in two parent
families are associated with a range of desirable outcomes
in children and young people, including: better peer relationships; fewer behaviour
problems; lower criminality and substance abuse; higher educational / occupational mobility, relative to that of parents; capacity for empathy; non-traditional attitudes to earning and childcare;
more satisfying adult sexual partnerships; and higher self - esteem and life - satisfaction (for reviews see Flouri 2005; Pleck and Masciadrelli 2004).
If you have
more than 52 people
in your
family, you have an interesting
problem — you could always buy two card decks and shuffle them together.
«When you were little, I was having a hard time... I yelled a lot... I didn't know what else to do... That frightened you... So you got very very mad sometimes... Nowadays I work really hard to be kind, and not to yell... You don't get so frightened... And you are learning better ways to show me when you are scared or mad... We work together to solve
problems in our
family... Everyone gets upset sometimes... We try to listen to each other and be kind... Then we always repair things between us... There is always
more love.»
A classical soprano with an MFA
in Theatre Education / Outreach and Dramatic writing, she started her blog because having a
family gave her a point of view as a cook, and being a mother (to boys, ages 2 & 5, one with sensory - motor
problems) made her even
more eager to learn about food systems and how the stuff we eat affects little people's bodies and brains.
«Intact
families can have
more stress than divorced ones, contributing to
problems in their children,» he says.
In Ventura County two more programs have been addedâ $» Supportive Behavioral Services, a program aimed at preventing serious behavioral and social problems, and Family Finding, a service helping to find and engage family members of children deemed to be the lonest in the syste
In Ventura County two
more programs have been addedâ $» Supportive Behavioral Services, a program aimed at preventing serious behavioral and social
problems, and
Family Finding, a service helping to find and engage family members of children deemed to be the lonest in the s
Family Finding, a service helping to find and engage
family members of children deemed to be the lonest in the s
family members of children deemed to be the lonest
in the syste
in the system.
More than once, a child
in our
family has done all the numbered
problems in a section of the math book when «only the evens» were assigned.
Though I wrote these words eight years ago, I don't think the concerns of sports moms have changed all that much and that what I said then largely still hold true today, although I think, if I were to update the list of concerns, I would probably add two
more: fifth, that mothers want a
more inclusive youth sports experience that is affordable to all
families, regardless of socio - economic status or whether they live
in a wealthy suburb or an economically disadvantaged inner city neighborhood, and sixth, that mothers want a better balance between sports and
family life (a
problem I explored
in the book and on these pages, but that, if anything, has gotten worse, not better,
in the last eight years).
«Because the mothers
in our study described infants with many awakenings per week as creating
problems for themselves and other
family members, parents might be encouraged to establish
more nuanced and carefully targeted routines to help babies with self - soothing and to seek occasional respite,» said Weinraub.
What's
more, The Baby Sleep Site ®'s team of expert consultants has personally helped over 20,000
families solve their sleep
problems in a holistic way that matches each
family's unique challenges and personal goals.
Fathers are cited
more than mothers
in issues such as psychological maladjustment, substance abuse, depression and behavioral
problems, according to research done by Ronald Rohner, director of the Center for the Study of Parental Acceptance and Rejection
in the School of
Family Studies at the University of Connecticut, and his colleague Robert Veneziano.
Studies of the Nurse
Family Partnership model followed children to 6 years and found significant program effects on language and cognitive functioning as well as fewer behaviour
problems in a randomized controlled trial study.24 In addition, more recent evaluations of Healthy Families America have shown small, but favourable effects on young children's development.25,
in a randomized controlled trial study.24
In addition, more recent evaluations of Healthy Families America have shown small, but favourable effects on young children's development.25,
In addition,
more recent evaluations of Healthy
Families America have shown small, but favourable effects on young children's development.25, 26
Gary Ezzo and Robert Bucknam have
in the past responded to
families who report experiencing
problems with their child - care guidance by suggesting that the parents
in question should have used the ideas
in «Babywise»
more flexibly and with a dose of common sense.
A variety of studies suggest that fathers» engagement positively impacts their children's social competence, 27 children's later IQ28 and other learning outcomes.29 The effects of fathers on children can include later - life educational, social and
family outcomes.1, 2,26 Children may develop working models of appropriate paternal behaviour based on early childhood cues such as father presence, 30,31
in turn shaping their own later partnering and parenting dynamics, such as
more risky adolescent sexual behaviour32 and earlier marriage.33 Paternal engagement decreases boys» negative social behaviour (e.g., delinquency) and girls» psychological
problems in early adulthood.34 Fathers» financial support, apart from engagement, can also influence children's cognitive development.35
According to an April 2016 study published
in the Journal of
Family Psychology, which studied
more than 50 years on data on 160,000 children, children who were spanked are also
more likely to exhibit «increased anti-social behavior, aggression, mental health
problems and cognitive difficulties that last into adulthood.»
The lack of paternal engagement could reflect wider
problems in family relationships, with fathers who are
in a
more troubled relationship with their partner finding it
more challenging to engage with their infant.
What's
more,
families are paying an emotional price too: three
in five (60 %) parents have experienced increased levels of stress and anxiety as a result of changes
in their financial circumstances and a third (33 %) suggest that they have resulted
in relational
problems with
family and friends.
«But given that the Independence, Conservative, and Working
Families parties all had
more than 150,000 votes at the top of the ticket
in both 2008 and 2006, it is very unlikely that the double - vote
problem will cost any party their ballot line.»
«It's hard to find someone these days who hasn't been personally touched by, or known a
family member touched by, the heroin opioid crisis
in some way, which is why it's clear now
more than ever New York State needs to continue to do its part to support those affected as well as address these
problems before they even start,» said State Sen. Tim Kennedy (D - Buffalo).
The President of the Archdiocesan Laity, Mr. Steve Olasupo
in his welcome address while decrying various social vices and
problems militating against various
families across the world however recommended a
more conscious and structured approach and formation, promotion and sustenance of
family values and Basic Christian Community (BBC),
in tackling the challenges confronting
families across the globe.
«Given the great challenges America, and
families across Illinois face today, the last thing we need is another Republican senator
in Washington who is
more focused on tearing down the President than he is on solving
problems.»
Ms. Noerdlinger's boyfriend
problem is just
more grist for the mill for Mr. Mullins and other union leaders, who are spinning the idea that the mayor's reforms are making the city less safe — Mr. Mullins going so far as to place a paid advertisement
in newspapers urging the Democratic National Convention not to come to town because New York is «lurching backwards to the bad old days of high crime, danger - infested public spaces, and
families that walk our streets worried for their safety.»
He also said de Blasio's policy only deals with the homelessness
problem in the short term, and he accused the mayor of not pursuing
more permanent options, including affordable housing vouchers for
families.
A study by University of Iowa researchers confirms that pathological gambling runs
in families and shows that first - degree relatives of pathological gamblers are eight times
more likely to develop this
problem in their lifetime than relatives of people without pathological gambling.
With
more than half of the world's population now living
in cities, urban sprawl is a growing
problem — particularly
in North America, where single -
family homes and two - car garages are common.
Researchers found that military caregivers consistently experience
more health
problems than noncaregivers, face greater strains
in family relationships and have
more workplace
problems than noncaregivers.
«Though improved, the legislation still has major
problems,» said Andy Igrejas, director of Safer Chemicals, Healthy
Families, a coalition of
more than 450 groups,
in a statement.
By performing DNA sequencing of
more than 4,000
families affected by neurological
problems, the two research teams independently discovered that a disease marked by reduced brain size and sensory and motor defects is caused by a mutation
in a gene called CLP1, which is known to regulate tRNA metabolism
in cells.