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  • Sharing Children at the Holidays, by Co-parenting Expert Tammy Daughtry

    Sharing Children at the Holidays, by Co-parenting Expert Tammy Daughtry

    A thoughtful piece by Tammy Daughtry, focusing on the complexities and emotional challenges faced by children from divorced families during holidays. It offers a range of practical advice and insights for parents and extended families to make holidays less stressful for such children.

    Darrel Startin

    Darrel is a retired addictions counselor and former owner of a state certified treatment agency. He now volunteers his time doing outreach for his church and serves several local ministries including SpoFI (Spokane Fatherhood Initiative).

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  • What do your children see when you’re angry?

    What do your children see when you’re angry?

    At a recent fatherhood class I facilitated, the topic was Dealing with Anger. To start the discussion, I gave the assembled dads an intriguing assignment: Using crayons and a blank page, draw a picture of what your father looked like to you in your childhood when he was angry. After a few minutes, the dads shared their artwork. Out of 10 men, only two drawings could be described as, at best, only mildly intimidating. The rest expressed a raw power that provoked fear. Two drawings captured outright rage. One dad sketched a multi-colored haze, an intimidating yet featureless blur (see…

    Ron Hauenstein

    Ron is a semi-retired life insurance agent. He was raised in Reardan, WA and began his life insurance career in Fairbanks, Alaska. He and his wife Becky have two grown children. Ron and Becky attend Victory Faith Fellowship in the Spokane Valley and have lived in Spokane since 1993.

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