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We teach couples strategies and skills for navigating relationships more effectively. As important as these frameworks are, they are not the critical factor in avoiding divorce or building a successful marriage. Rather, the key appears to lie elsewhere, in the practice of virtues.
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The Calm Before the Chaos: Preparing for a Newborn Baby with a Toddler in Tow
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Purposeful Parenting – 8 Keys to Give Your Children the Best Start in Life (Part 2)
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It’s All About the Baby
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The Daddy Gap: 1 in 4 Fathers Don’t Live with Their Kids
“One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.” Is it time we learned this maxim, stopped pretending the father gap can be filled by government resources, and instead encouraged more men to step up and be loving, protective, and faithful providers for their families?
Purposeful Parenting: 8 Keys to Give Your Children the Best Start in Life (Part 1)
“Our kids are counting on us to provide two things: consistency and structure. Kids need parents who say what they mean, mean what they say, and do what they say they are going to do”. These are the wise words of Barbara Coloroso, who is an internationally recognised speaker and author on parenting. Yet these words could also be the ...
