Birth Order and Sibling Conflict: Why Your Kids Fight
How do you parent sibling conflicts? You may have more success by knowing one secret: how your birth order affects your kids—in their birth order? ...
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How to Manage Your Finances as a Couple
After years as a financial counsellor, I’ve learned that money is the number one cause of divorce – not to mention the thing married couples ...
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Are Screens Changing How Kids Communicate?
I remember when my daughter Lucy was two, she would scream “MILK!” from her chair like an irate boss. I quickly realised that was not the right ...
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Parenting to Support Healthy Social and Behavioural Development Through Different Ages and Stages
As our children grow through different stages of their life, there are many things we can do as parents to encourage positive social and behavioural ...
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100+ Marriage Tips
We’ve come up with some practical ways to help strengthen your marriage and take your relationship to new heights. Check back regularly to see our ...
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The Invisible Load
It may not be the chores that exhaust us. It is remembering they need to be done. Have you ever noticed that some things around the house just… ...
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Apology in Marriage is the Fifth Step to Conflict Resolution in L.U.V.E.
Forgiveness is vital in marriage. The key is to seek an apology after we truly understand our spouse's heart. Here's a four-part process to a ...
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Empathy is the Fourth Step to Conflict Resolution in L.U.V.E.
Empathy is more than feeling sorry that your spouse is burdened or troubled. Empathy takes place as you carry your spouse's burdens. Empathy is ...
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Validation in Marriage is the Third Step to Conflict Resolution in L.U.V.E.
Validation is safely allowing your spouse to share his or her thoughts and feelings. The message is that it's okay to think and feel the way he or ...
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Understanding is the Second Step to Conflict Resolution in L.U.V.E.
Couples often find themselves in avoidable conflict. But how can you avoid it? One morning Tom found that the battery in his new car had died ...
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Listening is the First Step to Conflict Resolution in L.U.V.E.
Active listening is a powerful tool in any relationship, but is an essential skill in marriage. Do you feel like your words just bounce right off ...
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Learn to Fight Fair in Your Marriage
If you cultivate a cooperative attitude with your spouse, you will save yourself a lot of grief. And you will have found the secret to fighting a ...
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