by johannasr2 | Oct 25, 2026 | Family, Love, Parenting, Psychology, Relationships
(Your child does come with directions.) Your life will never be the same. It’s a lifetime commitment, you’ve made a commitment forever. I remember when my first 19 year old was going through some very challenging times. She was making lifelong decisions. I was right...
by johannasr2 | Oct 25, 2026 | Communication & Connection, Love & Relationships, Parenting & Family, Psychology, Psychology & Emotional Growth
Watching a show like the “Diplomate” reminds me of why I was so happy to have children. There are several childless couples in this show and they are all spending too much time contemplating their navels: Indulging in marital anxieties and otherwise making themselves...
by johannasr2 | Aug 31, 2026 | Family, Parenting, Parenting Adults, Psychology, Relationships
Action and Consequence Actions create more actions, sometimes as consequences, sometimes as meh. More often than not it’s a consequence that follows an action. Which brings me to the idea of parenting. So many people are lonely enough humans that they identify their...
by johannasr2 | Dec 24, 2025 | Clarity, Communication, Love, Relationships
1. Don’t give someone a gift that you want. 2. Don’t give someone an 11.99 candle from Ross and then brag about your 500-dollar shoes. 3. Don’t give a gift just so that you can go shopping, if you want to shop then shop. Leave your giftee out of it. 4. Don’t buy an...
by johannasr2 | Nov 28, 2025 | Clarity, Communication, Family, Relationships, Response to Trauma
Again, I’ve been watching this behavior all of my life and want to give good examples to help people identify when gaslighting is happening in their life. Let’s say you have a happy couple and they have a couple of children together. The wife is constantly complaining...
by johannasr2 | Nov 20, 2025 | Addiction, Change, Childhood Abuse, Family, Parenting, Parenting Adults
Recently, my son sent his daughter a meme that showed a daughter being sad because her addict dad died while and when she was still angry with him for abandoning her. This is a key feature of addiction; children always feel abandoned by the addict parent and try to...
