Family Counseling Insights brought to you by Patricia McTague-Loft Let’s see: Step One — invite family members and friends who haven’t seen each in months or years to spend time together. Step Two — Make sure everyone is invited, even those with wildly differing...
Teens and Alcohol — A Volatile Mix
Family Counseling Insights brought to you by Patricia McTague-Loft Like it not, and whether you personally drink alcohol or not, the presence of alcohol is virtually unavoidable. In advertising, in TV shows and movies, not to mention in real-life social situations,...
How To Destress Around the Holidays
Family Counseling Insights brought to you by Patricia McTague-Loft Ah, where to begin? Do you have everything in order for the holidays – shopping done, menu set for a wonderful family dinner and all groceries purchased, Christmas or Holiday cards mailed, New Year’s...
What To Do About The Worst Kind Of Lying
Family Counseling Insights brought to you by Patricia McTague-Loft A human's unique ability to speak (in contrast to other forms of communication) is fascinatingly complex. We form thoughts into words so instinctively that we don’t really need to analyze the process...
A Heartbreaking Turn For Bruce Willis
Family Counseling Insights brought to you by Patricia McTague-Loft Bruce Willis has enjoyed a spectacular acting career, starring in the blockbuster Die Hard series and bringing an edginess to performances in films such as Pulp Fiction. Fame, fortune and success,...
Making Your Kids More Emotionally Intelligent
Family Counseling Insights brought to you by Patricia McTague-Loft Raising kids provides tremendous satisfaction, with moments of joy unlike any others. The flip side, of course, is that raising kids can also provide moments of true frustration. Fortunately for most...
The Immeasurable Value of Encouraging Kids to Read
Family Counseling Insights brought to you by Patricia McTague-Loft You may have heard the old saying: Learn to read from kindergarten to third grade; read to learn from then on. There’s a lot of truth in that little aphorism. What’s more, its importance can hardly be...
Recognizing That Even Twins Are Individuals
Family Counseling Insights brought to you by Patricia McTague-Loft As if parenting weren’t hard enough, Nature seems to laugh quietly every time a pair of twins are born into the world. Ah, double the fun and… double the trouble. Unsuspecting parents are gradually...
How To Have A Happier Mother’s Day
Family Counseling Insights brought to you by Patricia McTague-Loft Happy Mother’s Day! To all you Moms out there celebrating the day with family and friends, I wish you a day filled with joy. Now, here’s a question for you — after the obligatory “Happy Mother’s Day,”...
The Goal: An Independent Child
Family Counseling Insights brought to you by Patricia McTague-Loft It’s been said in a variety of ways, but however you phrase it, one of the most important jobs for a parent is raising their child or children to be good adults. Easy to say but then the complications...