Family Relationships

One-Word Secret to Happy Marriage

One-Word Secret to Happy Marriage

Benjamin Seider | October 9, 2012

Marital Satisfaction Linked to Use of the Word "We" Couples who talk about their lives, likes and dislikes using the…

More Housework, More Sex?

More Housework, More Sex?

Constance Gager, PhD | October 8, 2012

New Reason to Clean Your House Can picking up a broom get a man more va-va-voom? That was the research…

Be Here Now: How to Help a Loved One

Be Here Now: How to Help a Loved One

Lauren Zander | October 8, 2012

Zander on Other Peoples' Crises A few years ago, a good friend of mine underwent six months of grueling treatment…

Celebrity Sex Scandals — Why They Are Good for Relationships

Celebrity Sex Scandals — Why They Are Good for Relationships

Lauren Zander | October 4, 2012

How Intimate Conversations Can Bring Couples Closer Together With one salacious headline after another, everyone seems to be talking about…

Quitting Time — How to Have a Happy Ending

Quitting Time — How to Have a Happy Ending

Lauren Zander | September 14, 2012

The pain of breaking up has been a staple of pop music for generations -- and in truth, any kind…

What Not to Do When a Loved One Is Seriously Ill
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What Not to Do When a Loved One Is Seriously Ill

Jessie Gruman, PhD | September 13, 2012

Sooner or later, it happens to us all. We hear that a friend or family member has received a potentially…

Staying Close to Married Kids
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Staying Close to Married Kids

Susan Forward, PhD | September 10, 2012

One Big Happy Family A wise person once said, "Parenting is the only love where the goal is separation." When…

How to Get an Obituary into a Top Newspaper
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How to Get an Obituary into a Top Newspaper

Alana Baranick | September 6, 2012

A touching tribute to a departed loved one An obituary in a widely read newspaper is a touching final tribute…

What Not to Do If Your Child Is Bullied
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What Not to Do If Your Child Is Bullied

Marji Lipshez-Shapiro | September 5, 2012

Parents' well-meaning efforts can backfire Children targeted by bullies can develop lifelong problems with depression, anger, trust and/or self-esteem. Unfortunately,…

Super Sex Every Time

Super Sex Every Time

Brigitte Mars | August 31, 2012

Natural cures for impotence, low desire, vaginal dryness, more Couples who enjoy sex regularly tend to live longer than those…

Holidays Filled with Love
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Holidays Filled with Love

Lauren Zander | August 30, 2012

Use All Your Emotions—Loss, Sadness and Memories, Too—to Make Holiday Season More Meaningful Every year as we close the door…

When Grown Kids Move Back Home
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When Grown Kids Move Back Home

John L. Graham, PhD | August 24, 2012

Living (happily) together In these economic times, more grown children are moving back home. The arrangement can work well for…

Why Student Athletes Are Dying
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Why Student Athletes Are Dying

Douglas J. Casa, PhD | August 23, 2012

In the last 12 years, a startling 21 football players in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) died during conditioning…

How to Check Up on Anyone

How to Check Up on Anyone

Vito Colucci, Jr. | August 16, 2012

Secrets of a private investigator A spouse is behaving oddly -- is he having an affair? The woman taking care…

Losers Win in Marriage

Losers Win in Marriage

Lauren Zander | August 13, 2012

Say that your friend asks you and your spouse who deserves the credit for the amazing vacation that the two…