dysfunction

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And the soap opera keeps on going...

Amber @AmbiePam (120533) • United States 17 Apr 17

So my uncle (my mom's late brother, 60) had to go into the hospital. Weirdly, instead of calling 911 himself, he called his housekeeper, who then called 911, and then he was admitted. He was kept several days, on a blood thinner...

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Some Progress Was Made

Amber @AmbiePam (120533) • United States 23 Mar 17

Sorry to bore my regular friends here, but here is my recap of my family "drama" before I update the situation. My 60 year old uncle lived next door to my grandmother (80) who despite numerous backs surgeries and walks bent over...

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Our Principal's New Plan

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 15 Feb 17

Today my teaching team learned that our Principal and Assistant Principal had come up with a new strategy for dealing with some of the persistently misbehaving students on our team. Instead of suspending the student out of...

parents in school

students out of school

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The Wild Truth or 110 days in the magic bus

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 24 Sep 15

A book was recently published by Corinne McCandless, sister of Chris McCandless, of "Into The Wild" fame. The new book is to dispel any misunderstanding about the family intricacies. She had received letters from him before he...

chris mccandless

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Always give, never any take

dorannmwin @dorannmwin (36392) • United States 6 Nov 12

I grew up always believing that the relationships that we have in our lives are give and take relationships. In other words, we work together with our partner or other people that we have relationships with so that we are able to...

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Unlimited Text with Limits

hazeljoymilloria @hazeljoymilloria (44) • Philippines 29 Mar 11

Have you experienced this? Being subscribed to an unlimited text offer then suddenly you can no longer send any text message. Earlier today, I successfully registered to an unlimited text offer. So, to make use of my...

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Games people play...

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 5 Feb 10

Have you read that book? Have you ever seen some of the things discussed in action? I've seen something recently which made me go "hmmmm....". A family I know has a lot of difficulty with their youngest child who they insist...

Does Organized Religion cause Mental Meltdown?

TheGreatWhiteBuffalo @TheGreatWhiteBuffalo (4822) • United States 2 Jan 09

Have you seen it? There they are the Mother and Father frazzled the children doing what children do and there is no family bond, no love or direction they are not united. The example is a dysfunctional family highly volatile what...

organized religion

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how can they do it?

its-logos-plus-logic @flowerchilde (12529) • United States 24 May 07

..bank teller.. 23, shot and killed cause he "didn't know the code" to open the cash whatever.. I know we've all been hurt.. I know people (all of us) can be stinkers.. but to look at someone and want to hurt them.. thank God...

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Calming Device or Restraining Tool?

Island_Geko @Island_Geko (3758) • Canada 14 Dec 06

Pinellas Park, FL a 4 year old was placed into a body sock by a teachers-aid and when the parents came to pick up their son they discovered he was inclosed in a body sock. The school board said they old used this method of theropy...

school policies

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Relationships and drug use.

evan2ually @evan2ually (13) • United States 6 Nov 06

Is it is possible to have a "normal relationship" if you or your partner are using drugs. And what sort of effects could different types of drugs have on a relationship?

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