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Family, Parenting and Religion

2018-06-15T11:32:05-04:00

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Bashing Dads Needs To Stop And Here’s Why

Last updated on: June 15, 2018 at 11:32 am By Shaunti Feldhahn

A friend showed me this e-card and it made me steaming mad. For those who can’t see the image, it is a picture of an exhausted woman, with her hand over her eyes, and the caption, “You know that feeling of being able to sit down when you’re exhausted? Yeah, me either. I’m not a dad.” Now I like quirky e-cards and memes as much as the next person. I find most gender humor quite hilarious. But something so overtly mean to... Read more

2018-06-13T13:44:22-04:00

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Unhealthy Husband = Unhappy Wife: How to Change the Equation

Last updated on: June 13, 2018 at 1:44 pm By Shaunti Feldhahn

A few years ago I got a letter from a husband whose wife was frustrated with his health. He was struggling with his job, they were behind on their bills and due to feeling so low, he was making poor food choices that gained him 30 pounds in one year and landed him in the emergency room a few times due to his diabetes. To say that it was having a negative impact on their marriage was a huge understatement!... Read more

2018-06-07T04:56:12-04:00

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Keeping Your Husband Happy With the Next-Day Rule

Last updated on: June 7, 2018 at 4:56 am By Shaunti Feldhahn

Ladies, imagine that as part of your dream job or volunteer work, you are offered a project that is really exciting, and could also earn you a very welcome financial bonus. You step up to do it. Eager to please your boss, you spend long weeks binge-drinking caramel macchiatos, getting little sleep, and pouring your soul into the work. Finally, it’s presentation day. You work through the slides and answer the questions like a seasoned pro, and you know you’re... Read more

2018-06-05T09:09:26-04:00

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3 Things NOT To Say When Your Wife Is Worried

Last updated on: June 5, 2018 at 9:09 am By Shaunti Feldhahn

Men, have you ever found yourself wanting to roll your eyes and mutter under your breath when your wife shares yet another worry that is keeping her up at night? Maybe it seems like she’s always stressing out about something and you just don’t know how to respond because you don’t feel the same way. Well, in my years of research I’ve discovered there are some things men and women just don’t experience the same way and guess what? Worry... Read more

2018-06-01T06:52:34-04:00

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It’s okay to cry at high school graduation—unless you’re the Commencement Speaker

Last updated on: June 1, 2018 at 6:52 am By Shaunti Feldhahn

I can’t believe she’s a high school graduate. After 18 years of late nights of studying, STEM projects and AP tests, thousands of hours of volleyball, uncountable laughs and tears, dozens of college essays, eight acceptance and rejection letters, and a whirlwind of graduation parties, my daughter just graduated from high school. As I listened to the program and watched my little blond 5’-tall girl beaming with excitement amidst a sea of her giant looking high school peers... Read more

2018-05-30T08:36:12-04:00

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Your Husband Wants You To Know THIS About Your Sex Life

Last updated on: May 30, 2018 at 8:36 am By Shaunti Feldhahn

There’s probably something your husband desperately wants you to know about your sex life. Drum roll please! The next time you are intimate with your husband, he’d like you to . . . keep the lights on. Yes, you heard me right! I know the idea is scary for many women but hear me out. In all my years of researching the things our husbands wish we knew but don’t know how to say, I heard the heart behind this wish—and... Read more

2018-05-25T07:42:27-04:00

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Laurel, Yanny, and The One Secret That Can Solve Divisions and Save Any Relationship

Last updated on: May 25, 2018 at 7:42 am By Shaunti Feldhahn

So unless you were on Everest with no Wi-Fi access last week, you heard either “Laurel” or “Yanny” in the now-famous audio clip. And you probably got into an argument with a loved one about how they could possibly hear something different from you. Just as with the 2015 “blue/gold dress” image, Jeff and I were no exception; we each thought the other was crazy. (After all, it clearly says Laurel, and the dress is clearly gold, right? Right?) We... Read more

2018-05-23T07:14:39-04:00

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2 Secrets to Communicating With Your Teenager

Last updated on: May 23, 2018 at 7:14 am By Shaunti Feldhahn

“How was school?” (Shrug.) “Fine.” “What did you do?” (Shrug.) “Nothing.” “Anything fun happen today?” (Side eye. Sigh. And…Shrug.) If this sounds familiar, join the club! Not only do I have two teenagers, but I’ve interviewed and surveyed about 3,000 of them for For Parents Only and other books, and discovered that the condition homo teenagesapiens silenticus (otherwise known as “being a teenager who is uninformatively silent”) affects many members of the adolescent species. Often, when we most want them to share! But... Read more

2018-05-29T14:17:54-04:00

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Men. Women. Money. What Could Go Wrong?

Last updated on: May 29, 2018 at 2:17 pm By Shaunti Feldhahn

So ladies, imagine one morning during the holidays, your old refrigerator suddenly seems about to give up the ghost. Images of all that spoiled food start dancing in your head, and you find a one-day-only flash sale for a fridge at a fantastic price . . . but your husband says he needs to think about it. What goes through your mind? If you’re like many women, you’re not only frustrated (or furious) that by being indecisive, he’s risking... Read more

2018-05-17T09:19:56-04:00

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Negative Wife, Negative Life? Not Necessarily!

Last updated on: May 17, 2018 at 9:19 am By Shaunti Feldhahn

Nate and Kathryn are working to improve their marriage, but Nate has a pet peeve that he can’t seem to let go of. Although Kathryn is a wonderful woman and a great mother, it drives him crazy how negative she’s become. She’s critical about the most insignificant things. If it’s not the laundry, he didn’t pick the right pajamas for the kids or he bought the wrong brand of cereal. It really bothers him, but he knows that jumping all... Read more

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