Loving Your In-laws
Judging from all the in-law jokes, in-law relationships may be the most neglected and abused of all family relationships. How can you build healthy relationships with your spouse's parents? The more mutual respect and enjoyment you experience with your in-laws, the more security and stability you and your spouse will enjoy in your marriage. So if...... >Read More
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Take a Parenting Check-up
One scary thing about parenting is it's a temporary job. Our active parenting days are numbered and we need to count them. How many parenting days do you still have?
If your youngest child is five years old, you can assume he will be leaving the nest at around age eighteen, so that gives you thirteen years or 156 months... >Read More
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Avoiding Affluenza
Each fall we join the other throng of Knoxvillians, who come out and stand in line for a free flu shot. Why do we do this? It's not because it's fun or painless. Then for the next couples of days we drag around. Pleasant experience? Not in our top ten, so why do we do this year after year?... >Read More
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You're Not Listening!
Have you ever been accused of not listening? As hard as we try to listen, we're afraid that at times we're both guilty of not listening. Not listening plays a big part in problem marriages. Counselors hear over and over again statements like: "He never listens to me." or "She doesn't understand how I feel."
If poor listening is a... >Read More
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What Makes A Great Date?
A prerequisite for a great date is that little four-letter-word, T-I-M-E! Time is our most precious commodity. Really, when you think about it, time is more valuable to a marriage than money.
And we each have twenty-four hours a day, no more, no less. But we know first hand how hard it is to find time for each other. Thank... >Read More
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Tell Him Why You Love Him
How can you spur your mate toward love and good deeds? By accentuating the positive and minimizing the negative! Then you can do a better job of affirming each other.
Before marriage, it's easy to look for the positive. But once we say "I do" the stars in our eyes begin to fade and we see each other's idiosyncrasies.
The reality... >Read More
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Be Good to Your Marriage
Do you want to be good to your marriage? Now, not later when the kids grow up, is the best time to be good to your marriage. Your marriage can actually influence your children in a very positive way -- especially when you're good to it!
Children who grow up in happy, intact, functional families with parents who love each... >Read More
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Letting Go and Moving On
Entering the empty nest for us was a benchmark in our lives.... >more
Overcome the Winter Blahs
It's still a couple of weeks until spring and the weather can... >more
What Do You Fear?
