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1. 5 of the Most Stressful Things About Fatherhood and How to Deal With Them

In my first year of fatherhood, I was feeling the heat at work, a shrinking bank account, a messy house and constantly feeling like I had no idea what I was doing. Late one night, I was completely stressed ...

Created on 19 July 2018

2. 3 Atrocious Lies Men Believe About Themselves

It all happened in twenty seconds. Nick Foles was the starting quarterback for the Rams, who had just lost two games in a row. He sat in a game planning room with quarterback coach Chris Weinke, and backup ...

Created on 26 June 2018

3. 4 Smart Ways to Resolve Conflict With Your Child

During the Great Depression and World War II, the mayor of New York was Fiorello Enrico La Guardia. He was a magnanimous leader packed into a five-foot body. La Guardia was tightly connected to all of ...

Created on 14 May 2018

4. Why You Should Cover These 6 Conversation Topics With Your Wife Every Week

My wife is a flight attendant. Occasionally people ask me if I worry about plane crashes. You may find this surprising but I don't. The biggest risk flight attendants face is getting hurt while falling ...

Created on 09 May 2018

5. Want to Be Remembered as a Good Dad? Then Stay Focused on These 5 Tips

I was driving back home when I received the news I had been dreading. A year and a half prior, my close friend Mike called me to tell me he had cancer. Now I received the message that he was gone, leaving ...

Created on 05 March 2018

6. These 5 Secrets Can Wreck Your Marriage

"Houston, we've had a problem here." —Jack Swigert, astronaut on Apollo 13 The explosion seemingly came out of nowhere. The Apollo 13 spacecraft was in its second day of travel, cruising easily to the ...

Created on 28 February 2018

7. Dangerous Lies Teenage Boys Believe

On Sept. 6, 1992, a moose hunter named Butch Killian came across an abandoned bus in the middle of the Alaskan wild. Inside the bus, he found the unfortunate remains of Christopher McCandless in a sleeping ...

Created on 23 January 2018

8. Your Marriage May Suffer From These 7 Common Double Standards

A friend of mine is married to an elementary school teacher. His wife has to get up early and needs her sleep to have enough energy for the kids in her class. Quite often, she will go to bed earlier than ...

Created on 06 December 2017

9. Fun Ideas for Romantic Date Nights at Home

When my wife and I were first married, we were on a strict budget. Actually, not much has changed, but I laugh a bit at some of the ways we tried to save money. One of our favorite date night options is ...

Created on 04 December 2017

10. These 4 Behaviors Make Your Family Relationships Toxic

A half-hour drive northwest of Boston is a small town called Woburn. In the 1960s, water began to grow scarce there, so city officials decided to drill two new wells in the east side of town, which was ...

Created on 23 October 2017

11. 3 Questions Your Sons Need You to Help Them Answer

Robin Williams was an amazing talent. Although he was an unbelievable comedian, I always enjoyed his dramatic portrayals more. One of his most powerful scenes came in the movie Good Will Hunting with Matt ...

Created on 07 August 2017

12. Bonding With Your Son When You Feel You Have Nothing in Common

One of my favorite shows on television was Parenthood. Honestly, I was probably too emotionally invested in the show. I would talk to fellow fans about the characters like they were real people. It followed ...

Created on 09 July 2017

13. What to Do When You Find Out Your Friend Is Cheating on His Wife

I couldn't believe my ears. My friend Jake had been married for over a decade with four young children. He was someone I admired as a dad, but even moreso as a husband. Now around their twelfth anniversary, ...

Created on 18 May 2017

14. Your Wife Longs for You to Give Her These Tender Love Notes

One of my favorite movies from the '80s is Three Amigos. Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short play phony heroes set out to save a town from a bully named El Guapo and his gang. On their way to meet ...

Created on 26 April 2017

15. Why Talking to These 5 People About Your Marriage Problems Is a Terrible Idea

I have been whitewater rafting twice, and each time, the guides gave safety instructions. Probably the most dangerous possible situation while whitewater rafting is falling out of the boat. There are several ...

Created on 22 March 2017

16. Subtle Behaviors That Can Definitely Drag Your Marriage to Divorce Court

When I was in high school, my friends and I drove into Philadelphia to see a basketball game. This was my first time driving into the city without my parents. Since GPS didn't exist yet (nor cell phones ...

Created on 09 March 2017

17. 7 Ways You Might Drive Your Wife Crazy—and How You Can Avoid Them

In my first year of marriage, I turned on the TV and started to watch a marathon of a show my wife didn't like. After three episodes, I turned to say something to her and noticed for the first time that ...

Created on 19 January 2017

18. This May Be Why Your Teen Shuts You Out

Many years ago, I met weekly with a group of teenage guys. We would meet for breakfast to talk about life, struggles, faith and relationships. When a couple of the guys in the group got into a fistfight ...

Created on 05 July 2016

19. 4 Ways You Could End Up With a Teen Who Hates You

Imagine me holding the ends of two very long strings in between my thumb and finger. The strings go a long way off into the distance side by side. Now imagine if one of those strings went left, but only ...

Created on 28 April 2016

20. 5 Ways to Face Financial Problems With Resolve

David Akers walked into the kitchen to finally tell his wife. Feeling weak, he had to put his hand on the counter to hold himself up. That's when she asked, "What's wrong? You have been acting weird the ...

Created on 14 April 2016