Category: counseling
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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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Building Trust in Your Marriage
In a marriage, what are the building blocks of trust? According to the dictionary, trust is defined as “the assured reliance in the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something.” Having it is a critical factor and also the main foundation for any relationship, whether it’s a friendship, a parent-child relationship, or a…
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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…