Category: children
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Rekindling Romance During Family Vacation
Is it possible to have a romantic vacation while also making the most of family time? Perhaps you and your spouse are wanting to take a family vacation. But maybe you’re fearing that your kids with be antsy and bored, and that you and your partner won’t have any time for romance and fun. So…
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Picking up the Pieces After Infidelity
Is it really possible to truly forgive and forget when it comes to infidelity? Every human has needs. When it comes right down to it, greed can be one of those needs. More often than it should happen, in life, people look at what’s out there and suddenly what they have isn’t enough. As our…
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What to Expect When You’re Expecting an Empty Nest
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in advice, aging, anxiety, appreciation, children, communication, compatibility, conflict, counseling, events, family, fathers, intimacy, marriage, men, money, mothers, podcasts, romance, stepfamilies, stress, tips, womenWhat happens to a marriage when parents must begin to prepare for an empty nest? When parents start to prepare to send their son or daughter off to college they are not only helping to ease the transition into college life for their child, but also paving the way for their own next steps… of…
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The Importance of Team Parenting
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in advice, appreciation, children, coaching, communication, compatibility, conflict, control, counseling, fairness, family, fathers, fighting, intimacy, marriage, men, mothers, podcasts, special need, stepfamilies, stress, tips, womenAre you and your partner on the same team when it comes to parenting? When two people get married, there are natural stressors that become apparent. When a child enters the picture, and there’s now parenting involved, certain marriage stressors are intensified. Let’s face it– there’s no manual for parenting. And while raising happy, healthy…
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Fitness and Marriage
Does physical fitness really play a part in maintaining a healthy and happy marriage? These days, people’s lives are increasingly busy. Most waking moments are spent working full-time jobs, keeping up with household chores, and taking care of pesky responsibilities. At the end of the day, many couples feel too tired to do anything other…
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Don’t Be a Stepmonster!
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Is there a way to gain respect from your stepchildren without turning into an evil stepmonster? We’ve all heard the famous stepmonster horror stories… like that of the workings of Lady Tremaine, Cinderella’s wicked stepmother. And they don’t turn out well… for the stepmoms, that is. Luckily it doesn’t have to be that way in…