Admin | January 18, 2012
Through Hattie Troutman, the protagonist and arguably the heroine of the novel, Toews explores major thematic content about family relationships and human connections. The Flying Troutmans builds off Toews first critically acclaimed work, A Complicated Kindess, and both novels acknowledge the fragmented nature of a family without a strong authoritative figure. Min, the mother of [...]
Admin | January 16, 2012
In Iowa recently, GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum described marriage for same-sex couples as a hit to faith and family in America, and he asserted that if legalized, their sexual activity would be seen as equal to heterosexual relationships, and it would be taught in schools. Its not OK. Its a license to do things [...]
Admin | January 15, 2012
Did you fly across the world to see me die? Or do you want money? Thats the question self-centered matriarch Elizabeth Hunter (Charlotte Rampling) asks her daughter Dorothy (Judy Davis) in The Eye of the Storm. Its a fitting question, considering its the very thing Dorothy and her brother Basil (Geoffrey Rush) are asking themselves [...]
Admin | January 14, 2012
Tips for cash deals MAKE IT OFFICIAL: Parents buying homes for their adult children and expecting to be repaid should meet with an attorney to get a contract, says Kurt Schade, a Des Moines real estate agent. ?I?ve seen so many family relationships deteriorate? as unexpected expenses arise and kids put repaying their mortgage to [...]
Admin | January 5, 2012
With the approach of Thanksgiving and the birth of my son in October, I find myself thinking about what it is I value most. My son, my husband and other family relationships top the list. This is the first year that four generations of our family will be living in Charlotte and will be together [...]
Admin | January 4, 2012
Columbia, MO – infoZine – A majority of Americans rate their current financial situation as poor or fair, and nearly half of Americans say they have encountered financial problems in the past year, according to the Pew Research Center. A University of Missouri researcher studied how parents’ financial problems and resulting mental distress affect their [...]
Admin | January 3, 2012
In 1980, armed with an education degree and some retail and customer-service experience, Mike Broderick moved to BC and opened the first BC Trail Appliances store along with his brother, Peter. The pair did everything from sales and moving appliances to delivery and cleaning the appliances. Years later, in 2011, Trail Appliances employs 800 people, [...]
Admin | December 31, 2011
KITTY HOLLAND ATTITUDES TO FAMILY STUDY: WOMEN WILL continue to delay having families at the best time for their health and fertility unless policies enabling men to play a greater role in child-rearing are introduced, according to a major study. The Family Support Agency-funded study Attitudes to Family Formation in Irelandwas published by Minister for [...]
Admin | December 28, 2011
The Internet seems like another member of the family sometimes. It lives in our home and follows us wherever we go, it vies for our attention, and it entertains us. The habits we fall into around our online lives has a profound effect on our family relationships, especially when it comes to parents and kids. [...]
Admin | December 25, 2011
Keeping the family together through new media Posted on 22/11/2011University of Leicester Imagine a life in which you have to live away from your children, maybe for several years. Ask yourself how you could keep the ties close between you, watch them growing up, and continue to be a daily part of their lives. This [...]