The Love and Logic Institute issued its weekly email newsletter with help for stepparents feeling the need to discipline stepchildren. The four tips flow from the Love and Logic consultant style of parenting (fully documented in the many resources available…
Happy Marriage: Got to admit it’s getting better
CNNasked if your marriage was making you sick and then provided tips for getting better. Elizabeth Cohen writes (excerpt): 1. Argue well [“What really matters is the quality of your arguments.”] 2. Your spouse is annoying — accept it! [“[W]hen…
Change How We Think About Playing So We Can Live Differently
“Kill em’ Kyle”, “Smash em’ Steven”, “Crush em’ Chuck”. Why were these commands plastered all over my neighborhood as I went for my morning run? Are Chuck, Kyle and Steve going to war? No, because another banner read “Put it…
The mediation solution for divorcing couples
YS Mediationhighlights the benefits of divorce mediation (excerpt): Couples have the opportunity to let go of the old way of handling marital separation and divorce by embracing mediation, which is a simple and cost effective way to handle the division…
No marriage left behind? Exposing the marriage myths
Common Ground sheds light on four myths about marriage. Claire Maisonneuve writes (excerpt): Myth #1: Resolving your conflicts is the key to a happy marriage. [The key is that partners need to feel like they are accepted for who they…
Resource for workshops & classes: Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services
Pine Rest is presenting workshops and classes of interests to parents: Starting March 4–Parenting With Love & Logic (March 4 – April 29): Pine Rest’s Holland Clinic presents an 8-week class for parents of children ages 6-12. Call 616/820-3780 for…
Magic words for a happy marriage: We–a natural outgrowth of partnership
The New York Daily News reveals research showing that couples who use ‘we’ are happier than those who use ‘I’, ‘me’ or ‘you.’ Sherryl Connelly writes (excerpt): “We-ness” is a language that spouses who are better able to resolve conflicts…
Tiger Woods’ treatment for Sex Addiction Awakens a Sleeping Giant
Tiger Woods’ treatment for Sex Addiction may do for Sex Addiction awareness what OJ Simpson did for awareness of Domestic Violence. Many men are secretively lost in the cyclone of Sex Addiction. Sex addiction is insidious and progressive. It is…
Bringing “Love and Respect” to the troops
WOOD-TV reports that Grand Rapids marriage expert/author Emerson Eggerichs is off to Iraq to visit the troops. Here’s why (excerpt): In November, the military released statistics noting in the 2009 fiscal year alone there were more than 27,000 divorces among…
Apple screenshots: Losing privacy with iPhone
ABA Journal.com tells us why one law firm switched to BlackBerrys: security issues and iPhone screenshots of your data. Debra Cassens Weiss writes (excerpt): Apple says its iPhone 3GS has hardware encryption, but it is still possible to gain access,…
How confidential are e-mails sent while at work?
ABAJournal.comreports on the privilege afforded to a federal prosecutor whose private e-mail to his own lawyer was sent from a government computer at work. Martha Neil writes (excerpt): Because he is allowed to use his work e-mail account for personal…
Apologizing to your wife: How an apology might save your marriage
Psychology Todaytutors men on how to apologize to a woman and maybe save a marriage along the way. [NOTE: This was written before the Tiger Woods scandal!] Sam Margulies gives men these six elements of a proper apology to a…
Rewriting history: Explaining your wedding state of mind after you’ve decided to divorce
USA Today shows us how couples with plenty of relationship doubts get married anyway, especially those who have been living together. The articles differentiates between having cold feet and feeling more serious reservations. One of the difficulties for researchers is…
The kids are alright: How children of same-sex couples are doing
The New York Times shows how children of same-sex couples are doing just fine, highlighting research by Abbie E. Goldberg, an assistant professor in the department of psychology at Clark University and author of “Lesbian and Gay Parents and Their…
Appreciating strengths: Accepting different ways of parenting
The New York Timesdiscusses a study about involving fathers, as well as the benefits of co-parenting or parallel parenting. Laurie Tarkan writes (excerpt): . . . [T]he critical difference was not greater involvement by the fathers in child-rearing but greater…
A bit foreign, scary even: Collaborative divorce
Single Parent Gossip shares the method for using collaborative law to resolve your divorce out of court. Talibah Mbonisi writes (excerpt): . . . In this cooperative framework, both parties also agree to: – Act in their children’s best interests…
What’s my chances of getting a divorce? Statistical factors associated with divorce
The New York Times focuses on a different topic (Money Talks to Have Before Marriage), but includes an interesting discussion of statistical analysis and the risk of divorce. Ron Lieber writes (excerpt): The risk that any marriage will end in…
The inventor of the Collaborative Divorce Process
Stu Webb is being honored for finding a better way to divorce at the 10th International Academy of Collaborative Professionals Educational Forum.
Most expansive: What motherhood means to Uma Thurman
USAToday shares some of Uma Thurman’s reflection on motherhood and “Motherhood,” including struggling to balance home and work lives, and being caught outside in her nightgown. Olivia Barker writes (excerpt): So, then, what does motherhood mean to her? “It’s an…
The Reader: Why No Outrage About an Adult Female Sexually Molesting an Adolescent Boy?
I am alarmed that we’ve heard very little outrage at the normalization of an adult woman having sex with an adolescent boy as seen in the academy award winning movie The Reader. This lack of anger speaks to the gender…