Geoff Steurer

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Question: My 74-year-old wife has recently been diagnosed with cancer that has spread. She is receiving a lot of medical attention and care. Unfortunately, it seems that this disease will ultimately take her life. My wife is a brave and courageous woman. She is also loved and respected by three generations. The thing is, I’m […]

Question:  My wife and I have very different parenting styles, which my kids have picked up on. She’s not very nurturing with the kids and pretty much bosses them around all day long. By the time I get home from work, they don’t listen to her and come tell me things about their day. I […]

Question: My 14-year-old daughter reads voraciously and has had problems once or twice in the past with reading inappropriate sexual books without telling me. Eventually, I found out and talked

Question: My 14-year-old daughter reads voraciously and has had problems once or twice in the past with reading inappropriate sexual books without telling me. Eventually, I found out and talked to her about it, although she wasn’t very open. We came up with the rule that I would read any young adult books she checked […]

Question: My daughter is going through a divorce. She is living with me. She has an 18-month-old daughter. She is pregnant, and she is suffering from daily migraines. Do you have any suggestions for managing stress and parenting in her/our situation? Answer: This is one of those situations when the lines between parent and child […]

Question: Our daughter is 16 and has been dealing with depression from a traumatic event that happened to her when she was 8. We have had her in various counseling therapies over the last year and a half. She attempted suicide earlier this year. We are still paying some of her medical bills. She is […]

Question I’ve been in a stepfamily situation for ten years now. My husband’s first wife passed away at a very early age and left him with six children. When my husband and I married, he only had one daughter still at home. All six children are now happily married. We have almost 20 grandchildren and […]

Question I’m recently divorced. And sometimes I’m completely content to tell myself, “It doesn’t matter what other people believe about our marriage, no one can know what it was like but me.” And then I can let it go. But sometimes all I want is for some understanding and compassion from my friends and family. […]

Question Why do people (men and women both) in relationships typically want what they don’t have, and when they have it they do not want it anymore? Is it the hunt? Is it the thrill of the kill? Is it the chase? Or, is that just a person who does not know what they really […]