Family Matters…Thinly Disguised was written and Performed by Elaine A. Zimbel, (c) 2002. It was produced and Recorded by Frank Opolko for the CBC.

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Part 1

1. Guilty! – Fifties guy in denial . . . Feminist or macho man?

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2. Only One Works – Two-parent families in which only one works. Hello? What’s the other one doing?

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3. The Dreaded M-I-L Word – Becoming a mother-in-law, enduring the slings and arrows from between clenched teeth.

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4. New Being Served – In two locations. Grandmother contemplates joint custody arrangements and the kids’ double life.

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5. Variations on a Theme – Single male parent with newborn, writing the manual.

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6. Elian, You’ll Be Fine – Elian Gonzalez, me, and my dad.

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7. Amnesia – What we remember and what we “forget,” matching stories in the family between generations.

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8. Mothers, Hey! – Teenage daughters and mother rage.

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9. Jealousy – The scary cure for an all but incurable disease.

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10. It’s a Lie! – Or is it? Well, maybe…lying and being lied to.

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11. Separation – An ancient story about earth and sky and how difficult it is to come apart.

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12. Empty Nest Syndrome – Surprise attack hits busy professional.

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Part 2

1. Bad Words – Eeny meeny miney moe…Little kids struggling with political correctness need a warm embrace, not a lecture.

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2. Man Loves Boy – Not his son. Longing, attraction, desire, seduction, love…a trust gets broken in all innocence. Watch out!

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3. Some Times at the Cottage – The sun doesn’t shine and the fish get away, grandpa swears and the little boy cries.

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4. Worry? Who, me? – Foreign travel en famille with cautious grown up children, one parent relaxed and one forgetful.

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5. Adulterous, To Be or Not To Be – Now in a newspaper near you! The subject is out there, read all about it. Is it good for you?

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6. The Wedding, the Divorce, and the Second Time Around – A great gift idea for modern times. And thoughts about an old fashioned marriage that endured.

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7. Passover – The not so joyful celebration of my youth, it doesn’t pass over quickly in my house.

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8. Family Secrets Part 1 – Uncle Willy, lost and found and lost again. Connections made and broken and then found on the Internet, blown away.

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9. Family Secrets Part 2

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