Here we are again entering the holidays — a time that can be either magical or horrible for children in broken families.

The very best gift you could give your kids and yourself is the gift of peace and forgiveness. Stop the feuding.

Drop the drama.

Turn the anger and pain into personal growth and a decision to put happiness in the forefront of your life.

Imagine how happy your children would be to see their Moms and Dads smiling at each other. What type of signal do you think that would send to your children?

It tells them that relationships can be rebuilt, and people who loved each other at some time in the past can still be friends.

This isn’t really a difficult objective. All you have to do is agree on a “truce” for the holidays, then allow yourself to remember the happy moments of your past relationship. They really did happen!

Use humour — laughing and joking can work wonders in shifting the angry energy of separation and divorce to a feeling of happiness.

And if you have to, just pretend! By acting happy, you’ll actually create a pleasant environment, and some of it might just rub off on yourself!

Above all, take responsibility for showing your children what it means to forgive and move on.

Happy Holidays!

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We could be brash and just say that obviously too many people don’t have enough to do, but that would be ignoring the fact that Michael Jackon was adored Worldwide, and his trials and tribulations kept him in the media spotlight despite his declining music career. Other recent celebrity deaths also triggered a widespread sense of personal loss — Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon, Heath Ledger…

This recent post sums up a sort of “social theory of relativity:”

One reader wrote: “Everyone is out making a big deal about these people, and don’t even get me started about Jon & Kate.  Since when does a divorce merit a half hour on Fox news? I’ve lost friends in Iraq, but no one gives two shits about that!”

Yes, it’s truly sad that celebrity divorces and TTs (Tiger Transgressions) make the headlines while young soldiers are dying on the front lines of war, with barely a mention… Where are our priorities?

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