Follow Cathy Cress on Twitter
Tweets by CathyJoCress-
Recent Posts
Archives
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
Categories
- adult sibling rivalry
- Aging parent
- Baby Boomer
- bother
- brother
- disaster
- dysfuntional family
- Elderly Siblings
- extended family
- family meeting
- family meeting with kids
- Father's Day
- fictive sibling
- Fourth of July
- Gender
- Generation X
- geriatric care manager
- Go- Aound Technique
- grandparent
- half siblings
- Holiday with siblings
- holidays
- Jones and Bartlett
- Kindle
- Mad Men
- Parent
- parentcare technology
- Raising your siblings
- red flags for summer visit to aging parents
- Sibling Book Club
- Sibling Forgivenss
- sibling rivalry
- sibling style
- sibling team
- sibling violence
- sisters
- step grandparent
- Step Siblings
- summer family reunion
- Thanksgiving
- twins
- Uncategorized
- young siblings
Meta
Category Archives: Uncategorized
Sibling Team Can Prevent Aging Parent Hospital Readmissions
What midlife sisters and brothers urgently have to do when aging parents need care-is to form a sibling squad. This means fielding that team long before a hospital admission Continue reading
Modern Family- Great for Gen X Parents In All it’s Extensions
Sharing the burden lifts a bit of the heavy load of parenting in a two-income economy, where Mom’s and Dad’s have two sometimes three jobs to keep a family together. Continue reading
Is All The Air Sucked Out Of Your Family By Adult Sibling Rivalry?
This giant adult sibling elephant is taking up miles of space in your midlife family room. What ever happened you feel like a victim and your sibling is the villain. Continue reading
Do You Want Your Twins Siblings To Be a Zerox or Original Copy?
But the Olsen, twins, of Full House fame- and most twins- do not want to merge their personas and make slip -strike shift under their other twins’ identity. They want their own individual personalities. Continue reading
PTSD Sibling Post Holiday Therapy Needed?Take This Test.
If the main villain in the family tragedy is a sibling or step sibling – here’s a post holiday quiz to see if you need help. Continue reading
Posted in dysfuntional family, extended family, half siblings, Holiday with siblings, holidays, Sibling Forgivenss, Step Siblings, Uncategorized
Tagged blood brother, Christmas, Cinderella, divorce. step-mother", family rules, half-siblings, Inception, max, midlife siblings, post-holidays, sibing relationship, sibling rivalry, step-sibling, stepsiblings, Surviving holidays with family, ugly step sister, Where the Wild Things Are
Leave a comment
Who Will Be The Favorite Child This Chistmas?
Cleopatra was her father’s favorite child. As the royal pet ,she killed at least two of her siblings and her father murdered another- to triply insure her destined role as the beloved child and Egypt’s most storied ruler. In Stacy … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Judy Garland and Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands face the Holidays
Johnny Depp is another victim of Christmas, as mutant Edward Scissorhands, as a Frankenstein fictive sibling. On Christmas Eve ,the mutant blade- fingered Depp almost fits in with his adoptive family, including sister Winona Rider, then misery strikes Continue reading
Ten Tips About Succeeding as a Step Grandparent Over The Holidays
Being a step grandparent is about love and action – not blood. So here are some tips about putting that love into action . Continue reading
What are the Alarm Bells When Visiting Aging Parents Over Holidays?
But you and your sibling may have some nasty parental surprises on the holidays to prompt you to rethink the endless sibling cut off. Continue reading
Is Your Sister Being Michele Bachman at Thanksgiving ?
Which sibling is organizing Thanksgiving this year- like they organize everything- then tell you what to do. ? Usually it’s the sibling role of the bossy sister. Continue reading
Mom Loves You Best 