Questions tagged [intervention]
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How to intervene in a random abuse/harassment situation?
To be clear, this is not a situation where it is an abusive relationship. This was an interaction that took place in an impromptu manner in a public setting.
I was relaxing at an outdoor area in a local open air shopping mall, when a group of four…
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How to take one to rehabilation center without telling him?
My dad drinks a lot and creates nuisances after that, when he's drunk. To try to end that I am planning to take him to a rehabilitation center.
If we ask him to come with us, he won't. What is a better way of doing that?
I'm planning to take him to…
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Is it acceptable to intrude a celebrity's conversation, if so, how to be tactful?
Recently, I was on a public book launch connected with an intellectual debate. There were many famous people whose face I know from the news, many of them I very much respect but have no actual connection with. Naturally, they are engaged in a…
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Confronting mother being scammed from Online Dating
My parents divorced when I was in college after 23 years of marriage. A couple of years ago, my mom took to online dating. The first person she "met" scammed her out of a million dollars and then faked his own death. I put "met" in quotations…
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