In 1978, Thomas Hansen of Boulder
Colorado, sued his parents for $350,000 on grounds of “malpractice of
parenting.” Mom and Dad had botched his upbringing so badly, he charged in his
suit, that he would need years of costly psychiatric treatment...
Salary.com conducted a survey in 2010 that attempted to place a monetary value on the work of a stay-at-home mom. They determined that if mothers were to be paid for their ten most common tasks in the home (laundry machine operator, janitor, van...
After the dedication of his baby brother in
church, little Johnny sobbed all the way home in the back seat of the car. His
father asked him three times what was wrong. Finally the boy replied, “That
pastor said he wanted us brought up in a...
Who can ever forget Winston Churchill’s immortal
words: “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds,
we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, and we shall fight in the
hills.” It sounds exactly like our family...
Dwayne frantically turned to his wife and muffled the phone’s mouthpiece. With an ashen face he quietly repeated the last comment from the telephone conversation he was having with his parents. He whispered to Ashley, “Dad said we can...
The evidence is convincing that
the better our relationships are at home, the more effective we are in our
careers. If we’re having difficulty with a loved one, that difficulty will be
translated into reduced performance on the job. In studying...
“The term Stockholm Syndrome first occurred
in 1973 at an attempted bank robbery in Stockholm,
Sweden. A man
tried to rob a bank, and the police caught him inside. He took three female
hostages and one male hostage and held...
During the fourteenth century Raynald III, was a duke in
what is now Belgium. As the result of a violent quarrel, Raynald’s
younger brother Edward successfully revolted against him. When Edward captured
Raynald he built a room around him...