"Find an article in a local newspaper where someone has been involved in a dual relationship. Explain what kind of dual relationship the person was involved in. Describe how it could have been avoided. Provide the URL of the article in the posting."
I really wanted to go extreme with my last post for this class because for the most part everything I have seen on dual relationships have been from a negative standing Well today while seeking my article, I found a title and section of the article that read:

Furyk still learns from his most-valued teacher
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Jun 16, 2007
The lines between the two have been blurred for years, but it is clear the dual relationships have worked. Jim Furyk is the third-ranked player in the world ...
WOW

that really it home and went along with NOSHE statement 6 where it talks about sometimes entering a role of dual relationship like when it can benefit the client/can't be avoided type thing...

Ok well I jumped right on over to the article which was found at : http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_513028.html and After opening the article I was saddened to find that not only was these guys coach and player but also father and son. Obviously this wasn't what I thought it was, However thinking about this I began to realize that the fact that these two men are father and son really has no baring on my post. the point is that they were coach and player and that they still maintain a strong relationship. This is not out of the ordinary matter a fact many children who grow up in sports grow attachments to their coaches especially when the coaches are like the one in the story and coach the teams as their own children grow. Is this not a dual-relationship in a positive light? These men/women grow to know these kids as if they were their own, they nurture them, laugh with them, cry with them and love them. Some coaches have even been known to stand in on parents nights for kids that are missing a parent. To those kids the coach becomes a missing link and a mentor, which all children need.

(My own daughter loves her basketball coaches more than life, this was her 1st year and she is looking forward to two more years w/ Tim and Jennifer before moving on to Jr. High... and believe me Those two coaches are like parents they don't take no crap they hug the blues and scold the drama)

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