More and more boys are growing up without a healthy male model to show them the way. Consequently, many boys practice risky and destructive behaviors that they often try to carry into marital relationships. This curricula goes to the heart of what a man should know to develop and maintain a healthy marital relationship. (Author […]

There are wonderful examples in every community of couples thtat have worked well and produced skilled and healthy children. There are also many couples in every community looking for the path towards health while feeling overwhelmed, discouraged, or disorganized. The materials in this Handbook are offered as additional resources for Couples along with the skills […]

Session 1: Why Marriage? Session 2: From I to We: The Sweetness of Surrender. Session 3: Communication: Getting Your Message Understood. Session 4: Making Marriage Work With Conflict Management. Session 5: Let’s Make Love. Session 6: Optional Lesson: From Your’s and Mine to Ours. Session 7: Keeping the F.I.R.E. Burning. Session 8: From This Day […]

In 1980, we reviewed the best of social science / psychological research and theory and put together our ideas of the skills and patterns that consistently show up in healthy families. We arranged these ideas into “”rules”” for the different jobs or roles in the family, divided them into sessions, and named the program “”Survival […]

This curriculum is designed to help instructors prepare students to reach for their dreams about marriage and family life. Students will learn about facts, expectations, values, and skills that might help them in the years to come to make wise choices about relationships, and to be better prepared to develop strong and happy marriages and […]

There are wonderful examples in every community of couples thtat have worked well and produced skilled and healthy children. There are also many couples in every community looking for the path towards health while feeling overwhelmed, discouraged, or disorganized. The materials in this Handbook are offered as additional resources for Couples along with the skills […]

This instructional chart offers parents and their children ways to learn how to: get along with each other, solve problems, build on what’s working in their family, and learn how to get ideas and support from other families. (A curriculum resource)

This Instructor Handbook is intended for those working with domestic violence as a resource for both prevention as well as post-intervention. Most commuities have resources for families with domestic violence. The materials in this Handbook are offered as additional resources for families along with the skills to use them effectively. (A curriculum resource)

This training material is designed to teach, encourage and support couples to promote healthy relationships. (A curriculum resource)

Marital quality typically declines following the birth of a (first) child, as parenthood brings new identities and responsibilities for mothers and fathers. Yet, it is unclear whether nonmarital relationship quality follows a similar trajectory. This paper uses data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N=2,500) with latent growth curve and difference-in-difference models to […]