Parents "Keeping Score", Being Honest With Kids, Mom is Psychologically Abusive

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Show Notes for this Episode

• How do my husband and I stop trying to “keep score”?
• My husband has a son from previous relationship. We have no contact with him. How/when do we tell our two little boys about him?
• My mom is very psychologically abusive to my dad. I am caught in the middle. How do I navigate this situation?
• Email: If something happens to me, I want to make sure my kids go to the right people. There are family members I would want to take them and other members that I definitely wouldn't want to take them. Should I have these conversations now?
• Lyrics of the Day: "Since I Put Your Picture in a Frame" - Tom Waits

tag: marriage, anger/resentment/bitterness, communication, parenting, family, abuse, suicide/self-harm

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