When Parents Disagree
What happens when mothers and fathers have differences of opinion on how to raise and discipline their children?
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Healing the Quiet Drift in Marriage
Closeness in marriage doesn’t come from proximity. You can share a home yet feel miles apart. Busyness, misunderstandings, and unspoken hurts can quietly break down your bond and create the feeling of distance. In this reel, Brenen and Morgan Beeler share practical ways to rebuild emotional intimacy and rediscover the warmth your relationship once had.
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Why Fights Occur in Marriage
We often experience conflict in our marriage due to differing expectations. Dr. Dobson shares his own personal experience.
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Do You Accept Your Spouse As Is?
Question: What advice would you give to a woman whose husband just won't respond to her emotionally? That's my situation. Darrell is a good man, but he's not romantic, and he'd rather keep his thought
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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,
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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
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Rough Waters in Adolescence
Rebellion in the teen years doesn't necessarily mean future doom. Just get your kids through it.
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The Hidden Target of Sibling Rivalry Is You
It’s important to understand how kids think. Their conflict often becomes a way of manipulating parents. Quarreling and fighting provide an opportunity for both children to capture adult attention. It has been written, “Some children had rather be wanted for murder than not wanted at all.” Toward this end, a pair of obnoxious kids can tacitly agree to bug their parents until they get a response—even if it is an angry reaction.
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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
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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
