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If you are divorced, never say anything bad about your children’s other parent. In fact, don’t even refer to him or her as “Your father” or “Your mother.” You are the ones that chose to have children with each other. Mom referred to my dad as “S**t-head” most of my childhood. How can that possibly […]

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About this blog: I am a LMFT specializing in couples counseling and grief and have lived in Silicon Valley since 1969. I'm the president of Connect2 Marriage Counseling. I worked in high-tech at Apple,...