A Family Affair

Parents, Children and Society

Jay Belsky is Director of the Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues and Professor of Psychology at Birkbeck University of London. Belsky is an expert in the field of child development and family studies. See full bio

December 16, 2008, Child Development

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The Timing of Family Instability

By Jay Belsky, Ph.D. on December 16, 2008 in A Family Affair

It comes as no news to anyone that family instability has has come to characterize the lives of many children over the past quarter century--and certainly far more so than it did when I was growing up in the 1950s. Read More

my Mother,Debbie Manka ,went

Submitted by Anonymous on July 27, 2009 - 7:26pm.

my Mother,Debbie Manka ,went off and married her Psychologist/therapist Matt Manka. It destroyed our family and my brothers mental health as well as mine. it also destroyed my fathers health as he and my mother(debbie)r were going to Matt for marriage counseling initially. Now Matt and Debbie are running Lifestream Solutions in Arizona. This hurt me so much as well as my brothers and caused so much pain.I personally do not think they should be allowed to counsel anyone ,as dating your client is against the rules,right? Any comments on all this? kris