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The Election: "Our Kids are Watching Us."

7/27/2016

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Monday night, our first lady spoke at the Democratic National Convention. Michelle Obama blows me away. Last week I watched a viral clip of her doing karaoke in the car on the Late, Late Show. I loved it. I thought, how can she be so natural when she knows millions of people are watching her?
 
It was more of the same when she spoke at the convention. This time, with most of the world watching. I want to meet her. I want to hug and kiss her. I want her to follow in her husband’s footsteps and lead. I hope that one day Michelle Obama will run for president. 
 
She would inspire all the girls and women of color to stand up and be heard and be leaders. She would do it as she does everything I have seen her do, with grace, humility, respect, intelligence and passion. 
With every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us

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Parenting Styles: Keeping Roles Fluid For Healthy Relationships

7/20/2016

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The following is a guest post that I wrote for Castle View Academy that was published on July 14, 2016...

It’s easy for parenting styles and the corresponding roles we adopt to become frozen and stuck so that movement and balance are sacrificed at the altar of certainty and predictability.

  • Are you sick of always being the bad guy with your kids while your partner is their best friend?
  • Do you feel stuck in your dynamic with your partner?

​If they remain unaddressed, rigid parenting roles can have serious repercussions in our relationships with our children and with our partners. It can suck the life out of relationships, paving the way for distance and resentment.

​Read the remainder of this post here.
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David B. Younger, Ph.D is the creator of Love After Kids, for couples that have grown apart since having children. He is a clinical psychologist and couples therapist with a web-based private practice, and lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, 11 year-old son, 2 year-old daughter and 4 year-old toy poodle
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Round-Up

7/13/2016

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​On the Love After Kids Facebook page, I have been posting current articles and posts related to parenting and relationships. Here is the second article round-up, which I'll be presenting once or twice a month.
Mom shares important reminder for stressed-out mothers everywhere
Mom Shares Important Reminder For Stressed-Out Mothers Everywhere
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​I love to see more and more openness and honesty about the darker sides of parenting: “So cheers to first 9 months of poop, spew and crappy sleep!” - Mel Watts, The Modern Mumma
Strong Parenting, Strong Children, Strong Adults

​This is a good article by Shelley Hopper who explores what it means to raise strong children and how we think about strength and gender...
Strong parenting, strong children, strong adults

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Independence/Dependence Day

7/7/2016

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Independent: 
not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself:
an independent thinker.

Dependent:
relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
conditioned or determined by something else.

Interdependent:
mutually dependent; depending on each other.

Codependent
of or relating to a relationship in which one person is physically or psychologically addicted, as to alcohol or gambling, and the other person is psychologically dependent on the first in an unhealthy way.
In the spirit of the 4th of July, I wanted to write this post on variations on a theme of independence. Above are dictionary definitions for four variations: Independent, dependent, interdependent and codependent. 
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Independence implies dependence, or the ability to depend upon someone. There is no independence if there is no one to depend upon. But the dictionary definition of independent implies something different. It implies what I often refer to in my practice as non-dependence. 
Independence implies dependence

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