The best way to complement a Valentine’s Day gift of flowers, candy, jewelry or a heart-shaped Hallmark card is a list of the things you love most about your beloved. It doesn’t have to take more than 10 minutes, and the impact can last a lifetime. Sit down with a
Having “The Talk”
By Dr. Ken Druck Many of our aging parents are now single. Rendered so by death or divorce, they’re back in “the game,” dating and having relationships. While we may recoil at the thought of our parents having sex, especially as they’ve gotten older, the
My Op-Ed for The Hill: A Week After
Sorting through hundreds of responses to my op-ed A Nation Unsettled and on the Brink, which appeared in Saturday’s edition of The Hill a week ago, I learned that what I’d written had touched a nerve. One thousand five hundred comments, hundreds of emails, and
My Dream Team in 2020
by Ken Druck, Ph.D. Next to meeting two of my boyhood heroes, Muhammad Ali and Mickey Mantle, meeting The Dream Team in Barcelona, watching them beat Croatia and win the Gold Medal in basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics, stands as one of the highlights
How to Coach Yourself Through the Holidays
by Dr. Ken Druck, author “Raising an Aging Parent.” The “holidays” present us with special opportunities to reconnect with loved ones, reaffirm our faith, give thanks, take some time off, reflect, wind down the year and have fun. Work schedules lighten up. Families gather. Parties
When Aging Parents Enable
By Dr. Ken Druck, author, Raising an Aging Parent I’ve learned a great deal about the difference between support and enabling in my 40 years of coaching. And there are few places where this difference is more important than in our families. Some parents face
Ending Sibling Wars As Parents Age
By Dr. Ken Druck Atop the list of challenges and opportunities that arise as our parents get older is the relationship between our siblings and ourselves. If and when we become caregivers, or more involved in the lives of our aging parents, age-old sibling rivalries,
A Self-Care Checklist for the Sandwich Generation
Regardless of whether adult children are distant or close, the pressure to get involved in a parent’s life increases over time. Parents who are beginning to look and feel older, slow down, unplug from a career, face a new season of life—and whose needs are
Life Turns on a Dime (in Both Directions)
by Dr. Ken Druck Since the sudden death of my daughter, Jenna, in 1996, the notion that “life turns on a dime” has been about loss, and an unspeakable sorrow. I know firsthand that everything in life changes when you lose a child, partner, sibling,
Raising An Aging Parent: Deciding What’s Best For You And Them
There were times when my 92-year-old mother could reduce me to a blithering eight-year-old, but I considered myself blessed to share the wealth of simple day-to-day phone calls, weekend visits, holiday get-togethers, vacations, and grandchildren with her every day of her life. I treasured her
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