I resented my mother because she used to take out her frustrations out on me, one minute nice then spewing forth such rage and violence. I hated her, I was trapped with her. But what is worse than all this is that I have become her. I find myself yelling at my children in the same way. How is this monstrosity possible? My mum was distant, emotionalless so cold. And I find that I am becoming the same? Oh God please God may it not be so but it is, it is a dravesty of unfairness. If you want ...

The young boy sat on his father's knee, enjoying the closeness and attention of his father. "Son, I'm leaving and I'm not coming back." was the phrase the boys father kept repeating. Each time with more anguish and heart ache. The boy responded with his own repeating phrase "Yes dad, but when are you coming back." It was a day I well remember because it was the day my Dad broke my heart. It was the day he left my world, broke my world, it was a miseralbe day that reached far far into my li...

If your house is on fire there is no time for 'good morning how are you?' you get your family out there as quick as you can. So when a marriage is burning down its hard for parents to give their children the attention and affection they want and need. As a young boy growing up I didn't know any better, I was raised in the turbulance of a marriage which was disingrating into hatred and anger. I look about me and see the same old story repeated so many times. How is it that those who once loved...