Most people think that poor communication is the reason why so many relationships end, but it’s actually the way we learn to think about our partners and our problems that undermines trust, erodes intimacy, and cripples communication. In Why Can’t You Read My Mind?, psychologist Jeffrey Bernstein reveals the nine toxic thought patterns at work […]
The “”Active Money Personalities: for Healthy Marriages and Healthy Relationships”” is an innovative curriculum that combines the best practices (ideas and exercises) from the fields of marriage education, relationship skills, positive psychology and conflict resolution. This program helps bridge financial planning and the willingness to work together as a team. Money management in marriage happens […]
This introduction to marriage and the family combines current research with an emphasis on family background and diversity. It presents a perspective on the ways in which intimate relationships develop and prosper. The text addresses key issues such as making dating a maturing experience, gender role learning, and alternatives to divorce. Chapter 7 discusses qualities […]
A couple’s intimacy involves both an emotional openness and a physical closeness. Communication – a key to doing anything well – also allows us to learn, better understand, and execute the caring behaviors your partner needs or desires. Likewise, skillful, sincere, respectfuly communication provides your best chance for having your needs understood and met in […]
This book describes what happens to men and women, and especially to their relationships as couples, when they have their first baby. In an introductory chapter, we describe how our personal history led to the creation of the Becoming a Family Project, our study examining both stability and change in five major aspects of a […]
Moving into parenthood is typically a time of great job and excitement, but it also brings fatigue, stress, and conflict. This guide offers advice on how to protect and preserve your marriage and take care of yourselves as you become parents. (Author abstract)
The purpose of Relationship Enhancement programs is to teach couples and other family members specific attitudes, strategies, and skills for navigating life transitions and constructively dealing with difficulties which threaten the quality of relationships. (A curriculum resource)
This book provides a review of what we do and do not know about changes in marriage and childbearing in the United States. The policy implications of these chanages are discussed by persons from a variety of political and policy viewpoints. (Author abstract)
The purpose of Relationship Enhancement programs is to teach couples and other family members specific attitudes, strategies, and skills for navigating life transitions and constructively dealing with difficulties which threaten the quality of relationships. (A curriculum resource)
This book provides new ideas about the forces that may be driving the trend in the break between marriage and childrearing by looking at the problems of family formation through the eyes of 162 low-income single mothers living in eight economically marginal neighborhoods across Philadelphia and its poorest industrial suburb, Camden, New Jersey. Their stories […]