Cousins are amazing people to have. They are the closest thing to siblings without actually being so and our relationship with them doesn’t end just because they or we move to another city.  Throughout our lives, our they play different special roles. From our toddler days to our declining years, we recognize our cousins —...

Divorce is a difficult and draining phase of life for anyone to pass through, but what’s even harder is learning to co-parent amicably after separating. The transition from couple to divorced co-parents is not always as seamless as we assume it to be.  Endless negotiations, mediation, blurred lines about the children’s future, and antagonistic emotions...

Marriage is typically something that happens in adulthood when two people are old enough and presumably mature enough to make such a big commitment.  Should kids get married if they have the financial means and career success to back it up? Most of you will likely say no. The parents of these two Ukrainian social...

Isolation and marginalization are some of the worst social situations a person could go through. The feeling that you are alone and rejected, coupled with outright avoidance from the people you try to cut in with, can make a person spiral into deep anxiety and depression [1]. The need importance of acceptance is so powerful...

Relationships are challenging and become more so with a child involved. While parents love their children more than anything, a child can significantly shift the marriage dynamics and make things harder. One couple struggled to reconnect after parenthood and the former husband turned to Reddit to share how having a baby ended his marriage and...

Commonly known forms of abuse include both physical and mental. However, a lesser-known form of is financial abuse. This kind of abuse has a lesser effect on one’s mental state but puts a huge strain on one’s independence. Fortunately, there are some obvious signs that you, or a loved one, is in a financially abusive...

I’ve always considered myself to be a good mother. I tried my hardest not to be a helicopter mom or one of those obnoxious ‘boy moms’ you see on the internet nowadays. I taught him to respect women and the elderly and stand up for the weak, and he grew up into quite a gentleman....

Your children will always be your babies, whatever their age. When a child is small the worry may be that they’re not getting enough protein, or that they’ll trip and hurt themselves at the playground. As a child grows up the worry switches to good grades and college applications. You will always worry about their...

All couples have arguments, but it’s the way they have these arguments that can make or break their relationship. Marriage and love experts agree that arguments are okay and totally normal in a relationship (they can actually enrich two people’s understanding and respect for one another) —just as long as they do it right. But...

The love of a grandparent is a special kind of love. A love that you won’t get anywhere else. I never got a chance to meet my father’s parents, and my mother’s father died when I was just a baby; sadly, my grandmother passed away when I was 21 years old. When I was a...

Whenever my siblings and I fought growing up, our mother would always remind us of one thing: one day, she and our dad would be gone and we would only have each other. Yes, we’d have our friends and maybe spouses, too, but the bond of sharing a childhood will always hold something different. Their...

If you have or plan on having a baby, you’re probably imagining the child growing up with doting grandparents and fun aunts, uncles, and cousins that they bond with from an early age. I myself was lucky enough to have a childhood full of sleepovers at Grandma’s and Grandpa’s, cookie-baking days, and zoo trips with...