Top Priority: Children or Spouse?
A strong, happy marriage is the foundation of a healthy family. After basic needs are met, a thriving spousal relationship is the greatest gift parents can give their children.
The Five Love Languages
Love-language fluency matters enormously. A common spoken language allows discourse, whereas deliberate communication in the other's love language allows him/her to feel loved.
The Gottman Institute
John and Julie Gottman have spent 40 years researching how to make bad marriages good and good marriages even better. Science in service of relationships!
The Coddling of the American Mind
Jonathan Haidt's insightful work positing that unnecessarily fearful helicopter parenting is stifling development of basic levels of personal strength and resilience in young people.
50 Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)
Over-protectiveness can be as harmful to growing human beings as neglect. Letting children take age-appropriate risks is crucial to healthy development. Here are 50 ways!
Ben Franklin: Marriage Coach
Best marriage advice I ever heard came from a founding father: "Go into marriage with your eyes wide open; go through marriage with your eyes half-shut." Ben was the man.
Common Sense Media
“Non-profit organization that provides education and advocacy to families to promote safe technology and media for children.”
Character.org
"Successful workplace leaders hire for character and train for skill." Character matters, a great deal – and parents are a child's first and most important teachers of character.
The Wonder Weeks: A Stress-Free Guide to Your Baby's Behavior
Highly-rated book explains the cycle of "stormy/sunny weeks" Baby goes through as he grows/develops. A week-by-week guide to the chaos puzzled young parents can follow.
What to Expect the First Year
Month-by-month guide to big changes in store for Baby and family after birth and during the first year. Covers necessary baby care in detail. Highly recommended for first-time parents.
Montessori Baby and The Montessori Toddler
Guides to implementing of famous Montessori method from babyhood through toddler years. Topics as diverse as preparing for birth, learning activities, "yes" zones, pacifiers, more.
A strong, happy marriage is the foundation of a healthy family. After basic needs are met, a thriving spousal relationship is the greatest gift parents can give their children.
The Five Love Languages
Love-language fluency matters enormously. A common spoken language allows discourse, whereas deliberate communication in the other's love language allows him/her to feel loved.
The Gottman Institute
John and Julie Gottman have spent 40 years researching how to make bad marriages good and good marriages even better. Science in service of relationships!
The Coddling of the American Mind
Jonathan Haidt's insightful work positing that unnecessarily fearful helicopter parenting is stifling development of basic levels of personal strength and resilience in young people.
50 Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)
Over-protectiveness can be as harmful to growing human beings as neglect. Letting children take age-appropriate risks is crucial to healthy development. Here are 50 ways!
Ben Franklin: Marriage Coach
Best marriage advice I ever heard came from a founding father: "Go into marriage with your eyes wide open; go through marriage with your eyes half-shut." Ben was the man.
Common Sense Media
“Non-profit organization that provides education and advocacy to families to promote safe technology and media for children.”
Character.org
"Successful workplace leaders hire for character and train for skill." Character matters, a great deal – and parents are a child's first and most important teachers of character.
The Wonder Weeks: A Stress-Free Guide to Your Baby's Behavior
Highly-rated book explains the cycle of "stormy/sunny weeks" Baby goes through as he grows/develops. A week-by-week guide to the chaos puzzled young parents can follow.
What to Expect the First Year
Month-by-month guide to big changes in store for Baby and family after birth and during the first year. Covers necessary baby care in detail. Highly recommended for first-time parents.
Montessori Baby and The Montessori Toddler
Guides to implementing of famous Montessori method from babyhood through toddler years. Topics as diverse as preparing for birth, learning activities, "yes" zones, pacifiers, more.