Your Child Is Not Your “Friend”

 

By James Lehman, MSW
 
 
The emotional role of the parent is built on love, affection, and esteem. It’s an important part of being a parent and it’s a beautiful thing to behold. But your child is not your friend. And your role as a parent is not just emotional.

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Dog suddenly attacking his longtime friend

By Cathy M. Rosenthal

Tribune Content Agency
 
Dear Cathy, 
 
My daughter and I both have rescue Shih Tzu mixed breeds dogs who have played together for the past four years. 
 

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INVESTING 101: RENTAL OR FLIP?

By Dale Huber

Broker, DS Huber Real Estate Group
 
I am often asked the question: “Should I invest in long term rental properties or in flip properties?”

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KARYN ARMSTEAD: IN FOR THE RIDE OF HER LIFE: TEEN EQUESTRIAN FROM CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE AN OLYMPIC HOPEFUL

Karyn Armstead with her horse Petro this year at  the Vermont Summer Festival Horse Show after winning a blue ribbon in Dorset, Vermont. 

Photo courtesy of the Armstead Family

By Nadia Sellers, Contributing Writer

CHICAGO, IL — Karyn Armstead is not your ordinary teen, she’s actually quite extraordinary. Unlike most young ladies her age, Karyn already has her life planned out. In fact, she dreams of one day becoming an Olympic equestrian champion. 

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What’s RSVP of Ingham, Eaton & Clinton Counties?

Grandma Dorothy has been a tremendous volunteer at Cornell Elementary in Okemos, MI.  She is a foster grandparent and has impacted so many lives.

Courtesy photo

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“I lost Everything, but I have Everything”

 By Jeannine N. Williams

 
The title of this article are the exact words, I said after losing everything I owned in an apartment fire and experiencing one trial after another.  What else could go wrong? Although, I felt numb, and in disbelief. 

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Interpersonal Edge: Confused by co-workers who flatter, but don’t follow through

 

By Dr. Daneen Skube
Tribune Content Agency
 
Q: I work with people who constantly tell me how much they value me but treat me badly. They are late to meetings and don't follow through. Weirdly enough, they also flatter me a lot. How do I figure out how to handle these confusing people

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