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  • Welcome to our Relationships page. From how to improve your marital relationship, ways to get along with your in laws, and tips on forming strong bonds with your children to positive self talk and communicating more effectively, this section has it all. Check out our most popular posts here, or scroll down for the latest on strengthening your relationships.

Mother Daughter Relationships: How To Maintain a Strong Relationship With Your Mom

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Relationships—What defines a mother daughter relationship? A mother daughter relationship changes as the two move through different stages of life. A mother begins a relationship with her daughter as disciplinarian and caregiver. She gives so much of her time teaching, encouraging, and raising her daughter to be a…

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Baby Names: Choosing a Name for Your Child

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Baby—I  have always been an avid journal writer. I started writing when I was six and would begin each journal with a list of the names of my future children—all 11 of them (two boys and nine girls)! Two names that always made the list were Aimee Lynn and…

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Life Lessons: How To Honor and Give Back to Others

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Life Lessons—What is honor? Honor, by definition, is derived from the concept of weights and balances. Imagine an old time metal or aluminum scale, with identical small trays on each side to weigh coffee beans or spices. These scales are common in outdoor markets in foreign lands. When one…

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Communication: 3 Ways to Help Kids Develop Assertive Expression Skills

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Expression—Have you ever been in a situation where you were so overwhelmed with feelings of anger that you were at a loss for words? You had the presence of mind to know all of the things that you shouldn’t say, but weren’t quite sure how to express your true…

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Connectedness: 3 Ways to Celebrate and Remember Your Grandparents

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Grandparents—Today, the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, is probably a somber day for many of us. It is a day mostly of remembrance, of thinking about victims we may have known or where we were when we heard about the attacks on the twin towers and the Pentagon.…

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Parenting: 5 Strategies for Interacting Effectively With Your Daughter

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Parenting—Amber had been giving her mother the silent treatment all week. She was angry about not being allowed to sleep over at a friend’s house. Late Thursday night, she left a note on her mother’s pillow, asking her mom to wash her uniform before Friday’s soccer game. When Amber…

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