Healthy Relationships and Dating During Adolescence
Healthy relationships foster respect, trust, honesty, and communication, shaping positive future interactions for children. While unhealthy relationships involve control, criticism, and dishonesty. Build strong connections for lifelong impact.
How to Expand Your Social Circle as a Couple
If you and your partner have trouble finding couple friends to spend time with, you are not alone. Watch this video for some advice on ways to turn making friends into a fun activity to do together.
5 Tips for Talking to Your Kids About Tough Topics
Talking to kids about difficult subjects—like loss, mental health, or life changes—can be intimidating. However, fostering open communication is key to building trust and helping them navigate life’s complexities.
Taking a Minute to Win Your Relationship
Struggling to strengthen your relationship amidst a busy life? Create meaningful connections with your partner through small, intentional rituals. These moments can deepen bonds and bring lasting impacts, helping to nurture love and intimacy even in the b
The Power of Positive Emotions in Relationships
Strengthen bonds in relationships by sharing positive experiences and celebrating happiness. Foster emotional ties with supportive communication, validation, and attentiveness. Build trust, respect, and happiness through small, meaningful actions that dee
Friendships Outside Committed Relationships
Friendships enhance health and longevity, while committed relationships thrive with clear boundaries and communication. Manage opposite-gender friendships by prioritizing your partner, setting expectations, and fostering trust to protect intimacy and avoi
5 Tips to Build Trust with Your Kids
Building trust with your child is key to ensuring they will be willing to discuss tough topics with you. Consider these tips on how to begin to build or strengthen trust with your child.
Love Languages
Learn more about Love Languages with Elizabeth Davis, Associate Extension Professor.
What to Do When Your Child is Bullying Others
According to data from the School Survey on Crime and Safety: 2017-2018, 28% of middle school students and 16% of high school students said they had experienced bullying, while 33% of middle school students and 30% of high school students reported being c
How to Support the Caregivers in Your Life
The support caregivers offer is unique to each individual and situation. It could include assisting with household tasks, providing emotional support, helping the individual with personal care (including medicine management, and attending doctor appointme
Generational Trauma and Parenting
Perhaps at times you may have felt symptoms, such as increased anxiety and stress, feelings of helplessness, trouble with relationships, etc., and wondered about how it may be affecting you and/or your family.
How Caregivers Can Support Themselves
Caregiving can be very rewarding, but it also can be very stressful and burdensome. Caregiving can induce emotional, financial, psychological, and physical strain.
Understanding and Supporting Highly Sensitive Children
Does your child dislike loud noises, complain about scratchy clothing or wants to immediately change out of wet clothing? Perhaps they don’t like surprises, notices the slightest unpleasant odor, or are deep thinkers with a clever sense of humor. These ob