Differing Assumptions
When arguments arise, make sure you're on the same page. Differing assumptions can wreak havoc in a marriage!
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Defusing Anger in Marriage
Anger in marriage is inevitable, but how you handle it makes all the difference.
Broadcasts
How Parents Can Find Peace and Hope with Their Adult Children, Part 2
When an adult child pulls away or cuts off contact entirely, what should a parent do?
Broadcasts
How Parents Can Resolve Conflict and Find Peace with Their Adult Children, Part 1
Many parents find that when their children reach adulthood, the relationship becomes more complicated than they expected.
Blogs
How to Avoid Locking Horns with Your Spouse
My wife and I sometimes get into fights when neither of us really wants to argue. I'm not even sure how it happens. We just find ourselves locking horns and then feeling bad about it later. Why can't
Blogs
You Always Bite the One You Love
Isnt it curious how in the midst of a nasty family argument we can shake out of the bad mood the instant the telephone rings or a neighbor knocks on the door?
Marriage & Parenting
Fight the Problem, Not Your Partner
When does being right become wrong?
Brenen Beeler and Morgan Beeler explain how striving to “win” an argument with your spouse can cause significant damage to your relationship. They remind us that coming out on top isn’t worth the harm it can do to your marriage.
This short but powerful conversation may prompt you to think twice before trying to prove a point—and help you start fighting for “us” instead.
Blogs
3 Points of Conflict in Marriage
If I had one evening I could spend with any person, no one in the world would outrank my wife. We have grown in mutual understanding so that it is rarely necessary to quarrel and argue. Nevertheless,
Blogs
After the Fight Is Over
Almost all husbands and wives experience conflict from time to time, which is not necessarily unhealthy to their relationships. A verbal spat that stays within reasonable limits can open the windows a
Blogs
Marriage Without Fighting
Question: Dr. Dobson, do you think happily married husbands and wives should be able to live together without fighting?
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Dr. James Dobson
Joe Waresak
Dr. Del Tackett
