How to Fight Off Attacks On Your Love for Child
A reader asks how to handle a husband accusing her of not loving their 11 year old daughter. The advice centers on loving herself first, recalling Erich Fromm's definition of love as intimate expression while preserving each other's integrity. The piece urges recognizing aggression, fear, and envy, and avoiding proving one’s worth to others.
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Rebuilding Self Worth to Heal Parent-Child Love
A writer argues for private work on self-acceptance and self-worth to foster natural love for a child. Public debate or defensive arguments hinder progress, as diminishing self value breeds doubt fear resentment and guilt. Child psychologists note this applies to both children and parents.
Knees and Elbows Crave Beauty Care At The Beach
A vintage style guide urges daily kneecap and elbow care with exercise and scrubbing. It recommends measuring knee width, using sun tan oil on exposed skin, brushing coarse knee skin, and nightly stretches to slim calves. Regular attention promises improved thighs knees and midsection.
Family Gets Service It Doesn't Want
In Fort Wayne Indiana the Jensen family faces an unordered service siege. Pranksters previously ordered coal stone and sheep manure which they refused. This year more unordered goods and services arrive by phone including groceries cab services furnace cleaning and furniture moving activities.
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