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02:38, 05/22/13
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I have been helping to financially support a 21 year old niece in college. She lived with me during the school year. Last year I paid for her to live at school. I won't go on about the amount of $$ I am spending; I am blessed to be able to help. Right now, though, I am livid.I am writing because I need a sanity check and some advice. Beautiful Niece is a liberal arts major, despite my best advice (years ago) about studying something that leads to a well-paying job. She figures she will end up in...
You have indeed been very generous to your niece and are wise to believe it is without strings attached. Have you ever seen a baby bird getting ready to leave the nest? They flutter their wings, ...
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11:57, 05/07/13
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My 5-year-old niece gets very upset when looking at family pictures from before she was born because she's not in them. She's very sensitive and cries when we try to explain how time works and that she wasn't born when the picture was taken. We try showing her pictures of great grandparents and grandparents from when my sister (her mom) and I weren't born yet, or showing her pictures of us as babies. What can I do?
I wonder what she is really upset about... perhaps it is not a question of time. So put on your Sherlock Holmes investigating hat and start looking for clues. Here are some possible areas:1- Does she ...
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01:39, 04/28/13
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I'm pregnant and will have to be moving 12 hours away about a month after the baby is born. I'm very close to my three year old niece and I'm worried that she'll feel like I'm abandoning her or something and I want to make sure before I leave that she understands that I'm not doing that. Any advice, tips, tricks, books you'd recommend on how to handle it?
Since all research shows that the first three years are the most important, absorbent, and have the most rapid intellectual and emotional growth, your niece will certainly have your caring tucked into...
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11:25, 04/23/13
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My sister, who passed away two years ago from cancer, was always known as the favorite aunt. She desperately wanted to have children but wasn't able to. I know I will never be able to replace her, but I sometimes feel like people are expecting me to because we are quite similar. I worry about my future.Now my dilemma: I am a 27ish year old single woman who aches to have children. I am the only one of my siblings who doesn't have a family of their own. I now have one nephew who has a daughter, a ...
You have come to the right place with your situation. So many of our readers are grappling with the same issue. What makes yours a little different is how young you are in relation to having a child. ...
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12:00, 04/10/13
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I was visiting my sister and her family last weekend for Easter. I love spending time with my niece, but sometimes I feel that my sister still sees me as a kid. (I am younger than her.)We went out to dinner Saturday night and as my niece and I got out of the car - it took is a little longer because of the car seat - my niece's parents stood in the parking lot waiting for us as if they needed to walk both of us through the parking lot. (We were a grand total of MAYBE 30 feet from the door.)...
A patient of mine came in last week shaking; her sister was crossing the street with her 4 year old niece and a car hit first the niece then the sister. A broken leg, abrasions, and a concussion were ...
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12:00, 04/01/13
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I am in desperate need of advice. I raised my niece for six years and now her mom took her away from me. At first she would let me visit my niece on the weekend but know she has been ignoring my calls. The last time I saw my niece, she told me she wanted to live with me again because she loves me and misses me.I'm heartbroken and grieving over this situation. Can you please give me advice as to what to do?
Did something happen to provoke your sister.? Consider this carefully from her standpoint.I can only see your sad, sad situation being approached through legal means. It seems as if your sister is unr...
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