10) Penn State Live - Relationship-strengthening class improves life ...
… "Parents should not underestimate the importance of the types of support they provide for one another for their child's welfare," said Feinberg. "The fact is that children's well-being is dependent on parents' interactions."
And PDF of Family Foundations Overview - Summary
By CHARLES L. GRISWOLD In order to forgive others, victims must put aside revenge. But what are the other conditions of true forgiveness?
8) 2010 December « The Black Wives' Club
To our knowledge, ProSAAM is the first major marriage education curriculum to so thoroughly focus on prayer as a fundamental element of what is taught. ...
7) My New Year's Resolution: Save Marriage
Huffington Post (blog)
All the women in my life urged me to keep my marriage together. "Relationships have ups and downs," my sage girlfriend Lisa would counsel. ...
6) Project focusing on fatherhood
Buffalo News
By Jay Rey A local video producer and radio personality is going public with an issue he believes needs to be discussed in the black community: fatherhood. ...
And Fathers in the News - Top Fatherhood Stories of 2010
Many fathers have been in the news during 2010, and a number of important stories about fathers and fatherhood have appeared in the news as well.
5) http://www.markmerrill.com/2010/12/28/10-ways-to-push-your-spouse-away/#
4) Register now: Mastering the Mysteries of Love Communication Training
... the marriages and relationships of our church members, as well as others. This course is great to incorporate in a Marriage Education Ministry. ...
www.uts.edu/faculty/287.html
3) Yes, That's So Wrong
Kathryn Lopez, Townhall.com
2) http://www.allprodad.com/top10/marriage/10-creative-ways-to-spend-more-time-with-your-wife#
And
Over the last decade, hundreds of people have written to describe how they took my advice and wrote a special Tribute to their parents. ...
www.familylife.com/site/apps/nl/content3.asp?c=dnJHKLNnFoG&b... |
1) Gregory Kane: In praise of Daniel Patrick Moynihan 45 years later Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists#ixzz19RdPK1YM
Bill Coffin
Special Assistant for Marriage Education
ACF/HHS
370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW Washington, DC 20447
(202)260-1550(o); email address starting next week is billcoffin68@gmail.com
…We, Government Leaders, invite colleagues and citizens from every political party to engage in renewed
efforts to pursue laws and public policies that promote the well-being of marriages and families…(Excerpt from http://www.hamptonu.edu/ncaamp/proclamation/)
Why Marriage Matters, 26 Conclusions from the Social Sciences
#1 Marriage increases the likelihood that fathers and mothers have good relationships with their children.
#26 A child who is not living with his or her own two married parents is at greater risk for child abuse.
http://center.americanvalues.org/?p=7
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Love, Marriage and Sex
by Michael Webb
The other day a friend was sharing with Athena and me that when their first son was born they were so excited at the new adventure that they did some things they later regretted. One of those things was to begin feeding him solid foods when he was only two months old. Practically every authority recommends that you wait until a baby is at least five or six months until they begin eating foods.
Their digestive systems aren't typically mature enough to handle solids and you greatly increase a child's chance of having allergies and other problems if you introduce food too soon.
Now here is some advice many of you probably don't want to hear about what you shouldn't do early on in your relationship and I'll probably get a lot of nasty mail because of it. But I don't write on tough issues to be popular. I write it to help people have blissful relationships.
If you want to have a blissful relationship, don't ruin the chances by introducing things into your relationship until you are ready for it.
I'm constantly bewildered when people can't figure out why they keep having failed relationships when they muddle them with physical intimacy. It's fairly common for couples to kiss on their first date, begin caressing soon afterwards and start a sexual relationship within a few weeks or months of knowing each other.
While I'm not going to tell you how long you should wait to begin kissing, hugging and making non-sexual contact, I'm going to boldly state that our bodies and minds are not designed for sexual relationships until marriage/life-time commitment. The two go hand and hand and to try to separate them causes a lot of emotional turmoil in our relationships.
The average American has ten sexual partners before they are married. They either think each partner is "the one" or they think sex is so wonderful they don't want to miss out on the opportunity.
Sex is indeed wonderful and very special and saving it for the wedding night is treating it as something special. Sharing it with practically everyone you date makes it rather ordinary.
Here are just a few of the emotional problems pre-marital sex can
cause:
* When you sleep with someone you aren't married to, they begin to get concerned with how many other people you have slept with. * If you are willing to have sex with someone you aren't married to, will you feel the same after you are married? Rates of affairs are dramatically higher with those who engage in lots of pre-marital sex compared to those who were virgins when married.
* One has a tendency to compare themselves with their mate's previous conquests. Since sexual relationships were designed for married couples, your mind naturally begins pushing the relationship further along than where you might be.
* You might not even know the person you are sleeping with but you start forming an emotional attachment to them. Many couples who really shouldn't be together are married because a pre-marital sexual relationship "bonded" them together when they wouldn't have bonded without being physically intimate.
I've talked with quite a few people who waited to begin a sexual relationship until they were married and none of them have regretted it. I've chatted with numerous people who began a sexual relationship before the wedding and practically all of them had regrets. Now, I am NOT advocating that you blindly marry someone without knowing their thoughts, ideas, dreams and wishes are regarding sex.
My 1000 Questions for Couples has 100s of questions about sex that should be discussed prior to marriage. You can get it here:
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=Cm0Sd&m=1ppK_KGheTyje1&b=3Tr3Y_Xzf3CFz8yYGbIMww While waiting to have sex until you are married won't guarantee a blissful relationship, it will certainly cause your mate to honor and respect you much more than if you didn't.
Love, marriage and sex -- let's keep them in that order.
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82% Give THIS For Christmas
I was reading a survey the other day that 82% of couples report that lovemaking was one of the *gifts* given for the holidays.
**FOR LADIES**
If you want to shock and delight your man then read these smokin hot tips from Jill Rilla.
She is phenomenal!!!!
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W H O I S M I C H A E L W E B B Michael Webb is: Athena's loving husband. Best-selling author (over a dozen books). Media Celebrity (over 500 TV & Radio appearances). Founder, TheRomantic.com. Founder, National Resurrect Romance Week (2nd week in August). Founder, Love One Another Charitable Foundation
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- Merry Christmas from the Operation Us Staff
- One Hour Host Training for Individuals or Couples January 5, 2011
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We know you're busy. It's that time of the year, but today we hope you'll take just a few minutes to sit back, relax and listen to area folks talking about the impact Operation Us has had in their lives and the lives of people they know and serve. All you need to do is click on the links below to hear firsthand from people who've worked with the Operation Us project and seen the benefits. -->If you still have some doubts about how valuable it can be for your faith community to be involved with the work of Operation Us and Ozarks Marriage Matters, click on the link below to hear 417 area clergy talking about the impact Operation Us has had in their church and community.
