Advice for Young Parents: How to Speed Date Your Spouse

Young Dating

“It’s important to spend time together, as a couple, without the kids.”
Her foot touched mine at 3:25 am just before she asked me to stop snoring; does that count? [Read more...]

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How to Not Lose Yourself in Your Role as a Working Parent

Do Not Lose Yourself As a Parent

Note: For the purposes of simplicity, this article assumes fathers occupy most often the role of “working parent”; while mothers are more frequently “staying at home”. It is understood these role are not only interchangeable, but are becoming less defined and more intermingled. Also – again, solely for the purposes of clarity – this article defines “working parent” as the parent who devotes the majority of the work week to tasks outside the home, not directly related to child-rearing. It is understood raising children constitutes ‘work’ as much as any for-income profession. [Read more...]

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5 Ways to Improve Your Marriage

Improve Your Marriage

In a perfect world, everyone would seal their marriage with a kiss and then go on to live a blissful state of pure romance and happiness each day, for the rest of their lives. Does that describe your marriage? If so, you and your man are obviously doing something right. [Read more...]

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Are Your Children Putting a Strain on Your Marriage?

Are Your Children Putting a Strain on Your Marriage

A recent study of couples found that 90% were less happy with their marriage once they became parents. [Read more...]

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Two Hearts Knit As One

Two Hearts 01

Seventeen year old Bonnie sat in the sweltering heat of the Chapel, waiting for the meeting to begin. Next to her was Mother desperately fanning herself hoping to keep the sticky heat from settling in. [Read more...]

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How to Keep the Spark in Your Marriage Even with Multiple Children

Keep the Spark in Marriage

Children bring a new depth of love to a marriage, but they can also consume so much of the parents time, and energy that there seems little left for strengthening their marriage. [Read more...]

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