Monday, June 30, 2008

College Graduate Boomerangs - Will They EVER Leave?

College Graduate Boomerangs

According to Peter Vogt of MonsterTRAK, nearly half of this year's college graduates surveyed said they planned to move back home after receiving their diplomas. Even more discouraging, 42% of 2006 graduates surveyed reported that they were still living at home after a couple of years.

In today's podcast, blended families coach Sheena Berg, lays out some guidelines to help balance the graduate's need for economic assistance with the parents' desire that their child grow up and take full reign as a responsible adult.

College Graduate Boomerangs

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Maintain A Healthy Relationship With Your Child

Michelle Farias' book 25 WAYS TO KEEP YOUR CHILD HEALTHY AND SUCCESSFUL - Lessons from a School Counselor, helps parents nurture healthy relationships with their kids in order to promote their well-being and success in school.

Listen to Maintain A Healthy Relationship With Your Child.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Fathers Day Just Might Be His WORST Day

Fathers Day can really stink for many divorced and step dads. It is not necessarily a happy day -- especially if they are not close to their kids physically or emotionally.

Often step and divorced dads find themselves marginalized and seemingly unimportant in their child’s lives: geographical distance because of work, remarriage, or divorce poison....

Blended Family News contributor and coach Sheena Berg takes a look at the struggles Dads have in these situations and offers some sound advice for Fathers Day.