Dysfunctional Families

How to Cope When Your Parents Won't Accept You For Being Transgender

By FishAndPotatoes

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Many youth, queer or otherwise, can find it hard to deal with their parents. It's a big letdown, as a trans youth, to have to have your parents act disappointed in you. This article should help you work out some kind of truce with your folks or ... more »

How To Cope With Hard Work With Strength From GOD

By SweetCYH

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God gives us strength to cope with hard work!.. more »

How to Cope with tragedies in life that "Scar"- Turning Scars into Stars

By Ruth1

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How to "Turn Scars into Stars". I am pulling this title from my book which bears the above name. My article, hopefully, will show people who have suffered one of the most horrible tragedies in life, death, rape and loss of your ... more »

How to cope with your siblings

By amejohnson

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Growing up we tell ourselves that all the problems we have with our siblings will change as we get older. Well, from my experience that is so far from the truth. I have had more problems with my siblings in the past few years than I could ever ... more »

How to Deal with a Depressed Family Member

By malvarez22

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Depression is a serious illness that millions of people all around the world deal with every day. Not only does it affect the person, but family and friends as well. It can be confusing for loved ones to deal with and to fully understand what ... more »

How to Deal With an Abusive Sibling

By eHow Relationships & Family Editor

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Having an abusive sibling can make your life a constant living hell. You may feel fearful at all times of setting the sibling off and getting targeted for a vicious attack. Although siblings fight, an abusive sibling takes it a step further by ... more »

How to Deal With an Extremely Co-Dependent Family

By eHow Relationships & Family Editor

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Everyone needs support and encouragement from others and it's normal to want those that you care about to think the best of you, but when the scale tips into needing that affirmation in order to feel normal, the cycle of codependency has begun. ... more »

How to deal with annoying people who say annoying things

By burea1124

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Whether you like it or not, you will meet annoying people who say or do things that will hurt and bug you. Insults, criticisms, put-downs, hurtful jokes ... how do you deal with them? They may be coming from your enemies, but it's common to see ... more »

How to Deal With Your Difficult Relatives

By starchild517

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It's one thing dealing with difficult people with whom you have a professional or casual relationship, such as your boss, a co-worker, or anyone you deal with on a regular basis. But if the problem person is a relative and your relationship is ... more »

How to Decide Whether to Reconcile With Abusive Family Member

By FaithAllen

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When adult survivors of child abuse focus on healing from their pasts, they often cut ties, or greatly reduce contact, with the family members who abused them. After doing the hard work of healing, adult survivors of child abuse are faced with ... more »

How to Determine if a Family is Dysfunctional

By eHow Relationships & Family Editor

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The family dynamic is often a confusing one that varies by culture habitat and upbringing. However, you will find dysfunctional families everywhere. You can't change your family unless you first recognize the symptoms of its dysfunction.. more »

How to Discuss Estranged Family with a Child After Child Abuse

By FaithAllen

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Many adult survivors of child abuse are estranged from their families. Sometimes the child abuse survivor breaks contact by setting healthy boundaries, and sometimes the abusive family ostracizes the abuse survivor after a confrontation about the ... more »

How to Earn Money On Disability

By PlantTolsen

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Time is money you have heard it said and this would mean that money is time. True for most that are welll abled and hirable, but for one that struiggles with disability it can be a near impossible feat to do as an able bodied citizen. Solutions ... more »

How to Escape a Minefield

By eHow Relationships & Family Editor

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People should avoid certain taboo topics altogether, and most of us realize this early on in life. There's an unspoken understanding to stay away from those topics. Some people have the need to venture into these conversational minefields, either ... more »

How to Face a Cheating Husband the Other Woman Without Losing Him

By we5rdajet

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Recovering from infidelity is tough as an individual, even more so as a couple but it can be done. The toughest part is facing the facts and then facing the culprits... more »

How to forgive a loved one

By lesliejasmine

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how to forgive a love one. it's never easy but you are capable of doing it. forgiving is always a first step to getting a new life with that special some one. if you don't forgive then you can never move completely forward with your life.you will ... more »

How to Forgive An Abuser

By Janettee McCrary

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When someone abuses a child, whether sexually, physically, or emotionally, it is hard on everyone who cares for that person. Whether you yourself, your child, or someone you know were abused, it is hard to forgive the person who abused them. ... more »

How to form a Healthy and Happy Family

By Clarissa Steffen, Ed.D.

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Families come in all shapes and sizes; and it isn't easy to meet all the needs within a family. What makes one person happy may not satisfy another family member. Trying to meet everyone's needs can be very stressful, but there is a lot at ... more »

How to Get a Family to Stop Criticizing Oneself

By eHow Relationships & Family Editor

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Family time should be a special time when everyone gets together for an enjoyable time. It should be a time to laugh, play and enjoy each others company. However, some families likes to criticize each other and this usually takes the fun out of ... more »

How to Get a Handle on Sibling Rivalry

By Dr Todd E Linaman

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"Mom, Billy pulled Barbie's head off again!" "I know you are, but what am I?" "Dad, Jenny looked at me!" Sound familiar? It does if you have more than one child in your home. Sibling rivalry; a common pattern of ... more »

How to Get Along With Unpleasant Family Members

By kwsajdak

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It has been said that blood is thicker than water. But what happens when your relatives make your blood boil? Here are some tips that will get you through the next family reunion or family dinner... more »

How to Get Dad to Stop Picking on You

By eHow Relationships & Family Editor

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Life is not much fun if Dad is constantly picking on you. Improve your communication skills and put forth a little effort and get dad to stop this behavior quickly... more »

How to Get Parenting Advice and Support on the Internet

By Sharon Potter-Case

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As a mother and Grandmother ..... even tho my family is raised I am still constantly looking for new and innovative ways to make us all better parents,grandparents,aunts,uncles and better citizens it applies to the younger generation. ....I have ... more »

How to get past the criticism while being married to an older man

By gajemaster

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Being married to an older man does not mean that you will have to deal with the criticism for the rest of your life. I can show you a few tips to moving forward... more »

How to Get People to Fall for Pranks

By Melody

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This article was requested by a fellow eHow member. I feel qualified to write the article because my husband is a serial prankster to the point that I don't believe a word he says. Anyway, here's what I've observed over the years about pranks... more »

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