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Category: Life’s a Beach!

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When the Parent Becomes the Child

Posted on February 8, 2023 by DrHurd

I see so many people who spend more years caring for their elderly parents than they spent raising their own children. This is becoming more and more commonplace as advances in medical science continue to extend the lives of Baby … Continue reading →

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YOU Have the Power to Feel Like You Want to Feel

Posted on February 7, 2023 by DrHurd

A weekly reader of this column emails that insignificant things often annoy her. For example, she was upset in a restaurant recently because a child was making some noise. She admits that the kid was just being a kid, and … Continue reading →

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How NOT to Raise an Entitled Brat

Posted on February 1, 2023 by DrHurd

In the comic strip “Peanuts,” Lucy van Pelt referred to the beginning of the new year as “post-Christmas letdown,” when you mourn for the gifts you wanted but didn’t get. Interestingly, it’s also around this time when I get questions … Continue reading →

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Staying Together for the Kids — a Good Idea, or Not?

Posted on January 31, 2023 by DrHurd

Dealing with couples’ conflicts can be stressful for everyone involved. One of the questions that parents often ask me is whether it’s right or wrong to stay together solely for the sake of the children. Their premise is that their … Continue reading →

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How Much Dust is Too Much? The Psychology of Obsessing

Posted on January 25, 2023 by DrHurd

I get this question all the time when speaking to people: “How much is too much?” In other words, at what point does something become an addiction? If a person consumes X number of drinks (or cigarettes, or slices of … Continue reading →

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Giving up Smoking? Check This Out

Posted on January 24, 2023 by DrHurd

One of the subjects that comes up very often at this website is smoking. A website visitor emails that she has successfully reduced her cigarette intake from 22 to only 6 a day. Now she’s stuck, and asks for advice … Continue reading →

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Motivating a Child is a Wise Investment

Posted on January 18, 2023 by DrHurd

There’s been a lot of attention paid to home schooling and public education in general over the last few years. Good, bad or indifferent, it reminds me of the occasional person telling me they don’t feel motivated to do something, … Continue reading →

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Sometimes the Grass Isn’t Always Greener

Posted on January 17, 2023 by DrHurd

A reader emails that her father always cautioned her that “the grass is always greener,” i.e., that she should keep searching for something better than what she already has. She asks me if an endless quest for that “something better” … Continue reading →

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Scrutinize Your Feelings. Are they Valid?

Posted on January 11, 2023 by DrHurd

A Delaware Coast Press reader emails, “Dear Dr. Hurd, my “new age” friends are always telling me to “go with my feelings and say what I feel.” But is it advisable to just blurt out whatever happens to pop into … Continue reading →

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Why We Fight Over Money

Posted on January 10, 2023 by DrHurd

Couples, families and friends tell me that they fight over money more than anything else. But when I look closer, it becomes evident that the fighting is less about actual money and more about personal expectations and priorities. If differences … Continue reading →

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With New Year’s Goals, Be Real

Posted on January 4, 2023 by DrHurd

The New Year can be an opportunity to organize your schedule and prioritize your goals. But some get tripped up by making their schedules too inflexible. An organized schedule reflects an organized mind, but if you want to improve your … Continue reading →

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A Clean Sweep for the New Year

Posted on January 3, 2023 by DrHurd

The New Year brings all sorts of resolutions and promises, and one of the most popular is to get things clean and in order. People often ask me if it’s obsessive or neurotic to enjoy cleaning, and I have good … Continue reading →

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