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Love Your Partner More

by Belinda Luscombe Time Magazine May 20, 2019 Parents’ love for their children can make them do peculiar things. Like staying up until 1:00 am gluing glitter on a second-grade class project. Or driving 40 miles to deliver a single soccer cleat. […]

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Oh Baby! Date Nights for Expectant Couples

By: www.datenightguide.com Pregnancy is an exciting time. Despite a lengthy preparation list of name selection, nursery decorating and baby registries, it’s important to keep your relationship a priority ─ especially since it’s soon to change from a twosome to a threesome or […]

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Raising Socially Competent Kids

By Gary Chapman and Arlene Pellicane   No doubt you have seen your kids with their eyes glued to a computer screen, television or mobile device. And you may have wondered how technology is affecting them. The moving pictures on television, in […]

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21 Ways to “Give Good No”

By Christine Carter   We are coming to that time of the year that is both blessed and cursed with zillions of invitations. Here are some that are in my email right now: Can you meet me for coffee to help me […]

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The New Dad’s Guide to Celebrating His Wife on Her First Mother’s Day

by Amanda Richter You have your Mother's Day routine down pat: over the last few decades you've learned what your mom does and doesn't like to receive as gifts. But this year is different. The addition of your baby has made […]

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Stepfamily Packages

by Carri & Gordon Taylor Carri & Gordon are speaking at the Better Marriages Conference July 11-14, 2013 in Raleigh, NC   Living in any family brings surprises – that’s life. Living in a stepfamily guarantees LOTS of surprises because of the “open” […]

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Paul and Peggy: Dealing Gracefully with Step Parenting, Cancer, and Unemployment

When it rains it pours. Paul and Peggy, married 40 years, stuck together as a team when many couples would have fallen apart when his kids said "Your not my mother!", through Peggy's breast cancer and Paul's periods of unemployment. […]

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No Doofus Dads in This Family

 The media likes to portray dads as inept, clueless, helpless and bumbling. Dad is painted as a doofus. It gets a laugh. And sells more ties and power tools. In a culture where 1 out of every 3 (33%) children in […]

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Survival Guide for Couples – Home for the Holidays

by Greg and Priscilla Hunt, Certified Specialists in Marriage Enrichment Hollywood understands human nature. Why else would there be so many movies that portray the holidays being "enjoyed" by so many dysfunctional families? Perhaps the greatest enjoyment is ours as we […]

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Bringing Baby Home: Maintaining a Strong, Healthy Marriage

by Greg and Priscilla Hunt Two Shall Become One. . . and then three. What happens to the couple relationship when a baby is introduced into the mix? Well, for one thing, life gets very exciting! And exhausting. And challenging. Amid the […]

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