Family
Signs of Life
I was talking to a friend who is somewhat particular about his yard, and he told me there are two parts of his yard that are his favorite spots. I … Read more
If Your Approaches to Parenting Differ…
When people come into my counseling office with marital problems, I always ask them, “When did these things start to be a problem?” The majority of people trace it back … Read more
How Parenting Can Improve Partnering
In my last post (How Partnering Can Improve Parenting,) we looked at how improving your marriage could improve your parenting. It stressed the importance of making sure your partnering takes … Read more
How Partnering Can Improve Parenting
We don’t often think of how parenting can improve partnering. Usually, we think of just the opposite…how parenting makes partnering harder. We instantly think of all the demands parenting makes on … Read more
How Parents Can Bring Out the Best in Their Teenagers
In my last post, How Teenagers Bring Out the Worst in Their Parents, I talked abut the very difficult job of raising teenagers, and how it can effect parents. In … Read more
How Teenagers Bring Out the Worst in Their Parents
I typically write posts focused on marriage, but this post is going to veer more into the area of parenting. Specifically, parenting teenagers, and more specifically, how teenagers bring out the … Read more
How Did You Get Here?
I woke up in a different bedroom beside a young female I wasn’t use to waking up with. As I looked at her all tangled up in the covers, I … Read more
What Does a Ham Have to Do With Marriage?
At the beginning of every year, we look at things we can do to make the new year better. But when it comes to marriage, what you do now will … Read more
The Power of a Few Seconds
Sometime back I was listening to a news report about a school shooting when I heard the newscaster say, “It only took 80 seconds for a high school senior to enter … Read more
Kids and Marriage – What Were We Thinking?
There are some things in life that seem like a good idea at the time, but later cause you to ask, “What was I thinking?” Maybe it was that person … Read more