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By EK Wills A friend lost her kindred sister to the horror of violence this week. The attacker was someone she had previously trusted and shockingly this is still not unusual in society generally. In the week of International Women’s Day it is important to reflect on the situation for women because the struggle has not eased. In India in 2012 there was an horrific attack on a woman on a bus where she was beaten, raped repeatedly by a gang in Delhi, and left for dead. There wa

By EK Wills I recently heard that perfectionism in a child can be related to having an authoritarian and critical parent. And since there are traces of perfectionism in our family, it prompted me explore it. In looking at parenting styles, there is a mountain of research on theories, stages, approaches and interpretations. One common approach, sometimes called the Baumrind or Maccoby and Martin parenting styles (because they all contributed to the model), is based on two pa