by VP Admin | Jun 17, 2019 | Weekly Parenting Tip
5. The No-Waves Myth (and other myths about marital communication): I can find (or create) a perfect match for myself and then I will be happy. When we try too hard not to have any friction or “too-candid” communication, and when we keep things from each other because...
by VP Admin | Jun 10, 2019 | Weekly Parenting Tip
When our book Teaching Your Children Values hit #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list in the ’90s, people were surprised. We were surprised. A parenting book had not topped that bestseller list for 50 years. Thinking back, there were a couple of reasons for...
by VP Admin | Jun 3, 2019 | Weekly Parenting Tip
4. The Perfection Myth (and other myths about happiness and expectations): I can find (or create) a perfect match for myself and then I will be happy. Truth: Some married couples are better matched than others, and there are even those who believe they have found...
by VP Admin | May 27, 2019 | Weekly Parenting Tip
As summer begins, some parents contemplate not some cushy, luxuriating “entitlement” vacation for their kids, but rather how to get them out of their “comfort zone” and into some kind of very different environment where they see things...
by VP Admin | May 20, 2019 | Weekly Parenting Tip
3. The Independence Myth (and other myths about freedom): It is best for each spouse to maintain his or her own independence and form a self-reliant two-way partnership. Truth: Independence is overrated and lonely; and it gets more so the longer we live....
