Unintended Consequences
Wayne and Tamara
Direct Answers - Column for the week of May 26, 2003
My sister is celebrating her tenth anniversary this summer, and I'm concerned she is letting her relationship go. Her husband refuses to acknowledge any problems and doesn't believe in counseling.
At...
Children's Discipline: How To Resolve Divorce Parenting Differences?
Ruben Francia
Did you know that inconsistency on matters of discipline gives double messages, produces anxiety and can be very confusing to your children? Children need to know where they stand in their behaviors. It is therefore critical for parents to resolve their ...
Taxes and Divorce
Antonio Fricano
The truth is, most family law lawyers don't have a firm grasp on the tax consequences of divorce. One reason we went to law school instead of to medical school was because we didn't want to take the extra math classes. Instead, hoping to leverage our t...
Spare Your Kids To 7 Most Distressful Divorce Parenting Situations
Ruben Francia
What 7 most distressful situations to kids that divorced parents should avoid? Learn them to spare your kids from the painful consequences.
1. Carrying Message Between Parents
A child doesn't like the feeling that he or she must act as a messenger betwe...
Did you See It Before the Wedding?
Len Stauffenger
Most of us grew up with parents. During our growing up years, we formed a lot of ideas of what a perfect relationship would be like by watching what our parents did, and in particular, what our parents did not do that we wish they had. We knew what per...
The Road Not Taken
Wayne and Tamara
Direct Answers - Column for the week of November 24, 2003
My husband cheated on me for maybe five years, and yes, I really had no idea. The person he cheated with is a policewoman on his job. She is married and her husband is a cop, too. To make a lo...
A Preexisting Condition
Wayne and Tamara
Direct Answers - Column for the week of December 2, 2002
I am 25 and have been married for two years. This past August I began an affair with my husband's younger brother. I feel just terrible and want to end the relationship, but I feel I am in a hop...
Escaping the Foreclosure Spiral
Shane Barker
Apart from divorce settlements that ended up in a huge spat between you and your spouse that the neighborhood witnessed, there could probably be nothing more embarrassing than being evicted from your own home. What not many people are aware of is tha...
How to Buy Foreclosed Properties?
Synapse India
The basic term "foreclosed properties" may cultivate a feeling of uncertainty in some people. Often people think of these properties as less desirable or less suitable for using due to their very bad condition or improper care and development. However, th...
Extreme Breakup Recovery: Maximum Healing / Minimum Time
Jeanette Castelli, M.S.If you are going through the emotional rollercoaster of a breakup, feeling pain, anger and depression, know this: You don’t need to suffer one more day over your ex! It doesn’t matter how long you have suffered, it is time to give up the pain and ...
Whose Decision
Wayne and Tamara
Direct Answers - Column for the week of May 5, 2003
I'm very disturbed these days, and if it continues, I might get mad soon. I am 28. I recently went to see my parents in India and met a girl for marital purposes. I got convinced by my parents and f...
Second Fiddle
Wayne and Tamara
Direct Answers - Column for the week of October 25, 2004
I have been seeing a married man for the past nine months. He is unhappy but says he is not ready to leave his kids. They have a teenage daughter and a grown son, who is hers from a previous mar...
(Looking) Back to the Future
bcorcoran
Here's what I want you to know: History can be an extraordinary teacher. The philosopher George Santayana, in 1906, wrote, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." And today, almost exactly 100 years later, those words hold just as much...
Frasier (Season 5) DVD Review
Britt Gillette
Along with Friends and Seinfeld, Kelsey Grammer's Cheers spin-off, Frasier, dominated the prime time television landscape during the 1990's. Grammer plays the role of Dr. Frasier Crane who, fresh off of his divorce from Lilith, moves back to his hometown ...
Love
Mary E. Martin
Love songs are everywhere. But does anyone have a definition of love, which — people claim — makes the world go around? Sure, it's easy to tell when you're in love with someone. [The heart pounds and you act like an idiot.] But it's much harder to say if ...
