Ethel Coffey's Blog – June 2015 Archive (3)

When a family welcomes a new member, change will occur in the life of the family as a whole. The family has to deal with everyday life in a new way.  It may take some time to make adjustments and work out the growing pains in order to live together successfully.



To help your children accept change in the family structure it is important to allow them to participate in welcoming the new individual.  Keep them involved and allow them to come up with acceptable and creative ways to…

s your glass half-empty or half-full? Are you down in the dumps? Feeling anxious? Why do negative thoughts enter our mind? Negative thinking can have a strong and sometimes devastating impact on all aspects of our lives. Now, how do we change our negative thoughts into positive ones? - See more at:…

Young children are extremely susceptible to the environment in which they live, so it is absolutely essential for them to learn the coping skills needed to successfully handle the challenges they will be facing on a daily basis. These children may face emotional and social problems like bullying, death in the family, prejudice, etc. There are many ways to develop these types of coping skills, however, there is one method that is tried and tested for centuries –…