Reflections: Family conflict 96 Articles

by Heeseon Ko

During this past Christmas, my live-in boyfriend, Ian's mother (who lives alone in Lake Forest, CA) decided to visit us for a week. I was a little hesitant at first because she is a very difficult woman to handle. Everyt...read more

by Rose Waters

The false perception that families stay together until death does them apart is ludicrous. People are in search of a phantom family such as "Leave It To Beaver" and "Father Knows Best". These families can only be found ...read more

by Mark Sichel

Coping with a Family Rift We read so much about family estrangement, about mothers and fathers and their grown children who simply enter a cold war of ceased communication: Eminem and his mother, Jennifer Aniston, Kim ...read more

by Constance S

The End Of Servitude: Infideledad, Violencia, y Tortillas I took a mouthful of a freshly made tortilla, and grinned broadly, thinking of my Ricardo. He was about fifteen minutes behind schedule, as he often was; so I wa...read more

by RNorrisFaulkner

This thing has been bugging me for a while now. I've ignored it for too long. I've struggled mightily over the years with some members in my 'family'. I've always felt just outside the family. The vibe I've gotten from mos...read more

by Evelyn Griffith

A normal family must have some level of conflict, if not we would not learn to develop ourself. Children disagree over who sits in the front seat, parents warn that the music is to loud or the friend choice needs to change...read more

by Myrna Writewood

Family conflict When we have family conflict a lot of feelings get hurt, they get bruised and chaos comes out. When we have family conflict things get confused, people get blamed, they try to blame you for their own...read more

by Leona Walls

Some mothers are definitely incapable of love. What Freudian diagnosis can we use to describe such a person. Could it be a chemical imbalance in the brain. Maybe the trauma of child birth triggered something in the psyche....read more

by Linda Steinbiser

Life on Pleasant Street was so serene. The younger children played in the woods and creek in the summer and rode down hill in the winter. The older kids would join the younger ones in the evenings in summer and play hide...read more

by Rex Coker

Family conflict has grown out of our need for possessions . You have to have a place to stay , you have to pay bills and taxes and you have to balance the family conflicts at the same time . Sometimes it all can be so over...read more

by Ann Dee

It was the summer of 1985 and my family had gathered at my grandparent's house for Sunday dinner. I couldn't have been any happier. Having the opportunity to play with my cousins meant getting the chance to redeem myself...read more

by Kevin Killen

I knew by the loudness that it was going to be another bad night. My brothers would be coming in drunk, and usually in a mood to fight. That Irish curse was alive and well amongst my siblings. Drinking and fighting usually...read more

by Christine Mubiru

At some point, women in most of Africa find themselves having to look after their younger relatives who may need to be catered for in school, or orphaned and destitute, or given to them by their parents to look after. In m...read more

by LadyScene

Family conflict. This basically comes down to problems from the past, present and who knows maybe even the future. My family is totally crazy, and maybe a little messed up.So here let me show you some examples from my past...read more

by Esther Avinoam

Family is a big word, which, like an octopus has multiple arms... There are the parents, the siblings -if any and the extended family. Now, true, there are many sayings going around about family such as the blood versu...read more

by Tricia Oneal

How would a person even begin to describe one family's pain? I guess it would be start to go back to the beginning. My mother started young, she had her first child at the age of 16 and 4 more followed up until the age...read more

by Lissette Rosario

I remember growing up in an almost perfect family, at least that's how I felt growing up. Although, we didn't have the fancy clothes, the latest toys, the dream house or even the family dog, we had something much bigger th...read more

by Elaine Sihera

Main Reasons For Conflict in Relationships This aspect is the most important part of any partnership. Conflict is a contest of wills, but not necessarily a power struggle or a question of who is right or wrong. It is ...read more

by Josiah King

Oh, what to do with family conflict and you? This is a dilemma that has plagued every family, I am sure. But, what I want to focus on today is the conflict that happens when to families come together through a marria...read more

by Phyllis Itjen

Paintbrush in hand, the once tattered canvas inevitably filled with colors of green and blue. Sorrowfully, as years passed, tear filled shadows began to emerge, leaving faded shades of gray that silenced me. Tarry not, for...read more