Having tears rush out of the tear ducts and letting the tears be taken by gravity toward earth, even if they don't get to the ground, is a magnificent, adaptive and essential part of a healthy life. Yet so many people go out of their way to cut off their tears as well as inhibiting [...]
Parenting is the most important job on planet earth. There are some really wonderful parents and there are lots of less than wonderful parents, some of whom are deeply defective. This problem is so huge and so important as to be staggering, to the point where both parent and child move unsteadily, as though about [...]
Parent and child in dialogue. Let's see if we can hear what's being said. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parent: I watch you grow. Child: I see your way of being. Parent: I worry how you will turn out. Child: I worry where you have been. Parent: I hope the world for you. Child: I hope you live long. [...]
In the morning we make the bed. We straighten the sheets and comforter after having shared our sleep and loving time together. I look forward to our nights in bed. We swirl and blend. Boundaries interchange as we passionately express our love and lust. You come to me and me to you. We hold on [...]
The skin is the main organ of the sense of touch. It is the largest, weight and surface, of the human body. It weighs from about six to ten pounds. It is made of two layers, the epidermis, or the top layer, and the dermis of the bottom layer. The top part of the epidermis is [...]
Here are two vignettes about parents not helping and not protecting their children. Vignette # 1. Takes place in southern California in the year 2012. Son, age 8 years old, dad age 38. They're at the park. Dad is attempting to help his son learn how to catch fly balls so he'll be up and [...]
Panic Attack! A discrete period of intense fear or discomfort in which four (or more) of the following symptoms developed abruptly and reached a peak within ten minutes. 1. palpitations, pounding heart, or accelerated heart rate 2. sweating 3. trembling or shaking 4. sensations of shortness of breath or smothering 5. feeling of choking 6. [...]
Five year old Amy had a new game, introduced by her father. He would tickle Amy who liked it at first, but when the tickling became more than she could bare, the father’s sadism ratched up his intensive tickling. Mother, hearing the noise and being concerned about Amy's wellbeing, attempted to squelch her husband's cruelty. [...]
Six year old Ruby is playing a board game that fits her age and her brother, nine year old Mort, and their mom, Octavia. Ruby, being highly competitive and wanting to win and shine, decides to cheat. Mort alerts mom that Ruby is cheating. Mom once she knows her daughter has cheated becomes stern and tells Ruby, "Go [...]
Love comes in many ways and in many contexts. How often do you hide and push away loving feelings inside you? Why are you willing to avoid love and to keep it hidden from you and others? What's the benefit for you to be estranged from yourself and others? Is not all this a way [...]