Tag: better

Are you surprised to know that love tops the list of Americans' reasons to marry? Probably not. "About nine in ten Americans (88%) cited love as a fundamental reason to get married, ahead of making a lifelong commitment (81%) and companionship (76%)," according to a Pew Research Center survey."

Marriage is hard, so being in love is an excellent place to start the journey if you're going to do it. But if most people get married for love, why does the divorce rate still hover around 50% for first-timers and even higher for second and third marriages?

My single girlfriends are envious that I’m married, while I think they have better sex. Who is more sexually satisfied: married or single women?

This is definitely a "the grass is greener on the other side of the fence" predicament.

Although there’s pros to both married and single sex, if we look at this from a satisfaction point of view married woman sex wins out.

Nearly everyone in a marriage would admit that their relationship could be better. It doesn't necessarily mean that they are unhappy, it just means they know there is always another level that can be reached in a relationship. No matter where you are on the satisfaction scale in your marriage, here are four powerful questions to ask yourself that will keep the two of you growing together and deepening your connection.

Anything of value grows slowly over time. It's the small, sometimes seemingly insignificant, things that turn out to have the most profound effects over the long term. The same is true for your marriage. Ask these questions of yourself on a daily basis.

Usually by the time we "spring forward," most of us have long forgotten our New Year’s resolutions... and not because we don’t want to change, but because the big sweeping ones we plan for after our third glass of champagne are so hard to get our hands around in the day to day. While the desire for change is earnest, what most of us miss is that real change is found in the small steps we do consistently.

Someone told me a long time ago that if you can change any area of your life by a consistent 5 percent, the effects will be remarkable.

Parents are their children’s first and most important teachers. In this critical role parents have the greatest impact on their kids’ academic, physical, social, and moral development and the greatest impact on their children’s motivation to learn. In my experience, parents are typically eager to do everything in their power to contribute to their children’s success in school, but they’re not always shown how to do this. The following suggestions will help parents empower their kids to be the best they can be.