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Back-to-school shopping can be the perfect time to help kids learn to inventory their clothing, make decisions, and become wise shoppers. Below are tips to involve kids without leaving a hole in your pocketbook.
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Do you ever feel like there’s never enough time, yet you long to spend more meaningful moments connecting with your sweetheart? You’re not alone. Life is busy, and while we may not always have as much time as we’d like, connecting with our partner through
Sharing positive experiences strengthens bonds and builds healthy relationships. Celebrating others' happiness boosts emotional ties, fosters supportive relationships, and encourages positive communication. Responding with enthusiasm, appreciation, and va
Friendships improve mental, emotional, and physical health, extend life expectancy, and provide support during tough times. However, in committed relationships, it's crucial to manage outside friendships, especially with the opposite gender, to maintain i
The holiday season is upon us and with that comes the thoughts of family, friends, and festive times. However, with all the holiday cheer some people may feel a little lonely.
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.
You’re not alone in feeling like you’re being pulled in a million directions. It’s important to recognize that while your responsibilities might not change, your ability to manage and reduce stress can improve significantly.
Balancing life’s demands can be challenging, especially when managing work, family, and personal interests. In fact, balancing work duties and family responsibilities is an ongoing struggle for many American adults.
Negotiated time-outs are a way couples can de-escalate conflict and resolve arguments in a calm and logical way.
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
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
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.
Caregiving can be very rewarding, but it also can be very stressful and burdensome. Caregiving can induce emotional, financial, psychological, and physical strain.
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
While these relationships can be complex and tricky at times, there are ways of navigating them to create a harmonious family life. A key strategy to use when managing in-law dynamics is maintaining a united front.
Couples often struggle to make sense of their emotions and communicate their needs to their partners. This video will help participants know how to tune into their body’s emotional messages so they can identify their relationship needs and know what to co
When it comes to parenting, understanding your child’s temperament can provide important insight into what strategies might work better than others.
Most of us on occasion have struggled with partner differences, which makes it no surprise that wanting a partner to change is common for most relationships. With this in mind, let’s find out what Cloutier & Peetz (2016) says about relationship satisfacti
Break-ups can hurt. It doesn’t matter if you were the one that initiated the split or the one that was told the relationship wasn’t going to work anymore. Either way, something and someone that you once cared about, dedicated time to, and sacrificed for,
Dr. Dave Schramm talks how to nurture relationships for older adults.
Dr. Dave Schramm, a specialist in families and relationships shares some ways you can keep moving during the holidays and cold months.
