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Fighting for Your Marriage: A Deluxe Revised Edition “Instead of...

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:07:00 -0700

Fighting for Your Marriage: A Deluxe Revised Edition

“Instead of just fighting about money or how frequently to have sex, couples are also fighting about time spent of Facebook or whether it’s OK to send a text during a romantic dinner or bring a laptop on a getaway weekend,” Howard Markman says. Regardless of modern challenges, the authors believe a happy and successful marriage is attainable.

The book includes information based on the latest professional research and includes a DVD showing real couples learning how to improve their marriages under the guidance of the experts.

Report: Marrying Out Marriages between spouses of different...

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:22:40 -0700

Report: Marrying Out

Marriages between spouses of different races and ethnicities are more common than ever before, say authors of a report by the Pew Research Center. A record 15% — about one out of every seven — of new marriages in 2008 landed in the “Marrying Out” category.

Wed, 26 May 2010 10:33:35 -0700

study: Rise in loneliness due to divorce and family break-up

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:10:30 -0700

The number of UK children calling the national helpline Childline because they feel lonely has risen sharply. From April 2008 to March 2009, 5,525 children called the helpline due to loneliness, sadness or isolation, compared to 1,853 five years earlier. A further 4,399 children were counselled about loneliness as an additional problem, bringing the total to 9,924 - 6% of calls to the helpline. Counselors say changes within families and society could be behind the rise. Childline counsellors say changes within family structures and society as a whole could be behind the rise in these calls. ”Everyone’s so busy all the time,” said one counselor. ”The fact that families and people in general increasingly don’t eat together, and then go off and do their own things… I think that social skills among younger people are not being encouraged,” said another. They also suggest the rise may also be down to youngsters being better able to talk about feelings of loneliness. ”Some of the children who contact Childline are lonely because their parents are rowing or divorcing. Others are lonely because someone they love has died. (full article)

Infographic: Infidelity by the Numbers

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:47:00 -0700

Infographic: Infidelity by the Numbers

study: Happy marriage cuts fatal stroke risk for men

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:17:47 -0800

study: Happy marriage cuts fatal stroke risk for men:

A study of 10,000 Israelis found both bachelors and those in loveless marriages had a far higher risk of fatal stroke than happily married men. As a society we should invest in relationship support because happy relationships benefit us all by contributing to people’s wellbeing, increasing productivity at work and improving people’s health.

How can I tell if my marriage is in trouble, and what can I do...

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:24:00 -0800

How can I tell if my marriage is in trouble, and what can I do to prevent breakup?

Sue Johnson identifies warning signs in a marriage and what you can do to prevent issues from destroying your relationship.

Video

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:26:45 -0800

World’s Longest-Married Couple to Answer Your Questions Via...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:18:22 -0800

World’s Longest-Married Couple to Answer Your Questions Via Twitter!

The ‘Tweethearts’, from North Carolina, US, tied the knot in 1924. They have been married a whopping 85 years! You can find them on Twitter and Facebook.

Link: Mashable news

Iowa State sociologists find older adults turning to online...

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:44:33 -0800

Iowa State sociologists find older adults turning to online options for love, marriage

The research found that spouses who met online are older and have much shorter courtships — averaging 18.5 months of dating before getting married by comparison to 42 months for those who met in more traditional ways offline. (Link)

The Marriage Ref Jerry Seinfeld is back and in the...

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:37:51 -0800

The Marriage Ref

Jerry Seinfeld is back and in the producer’s chair for a funny and revealing series about the unpredictable and hilarious institution we call marriage. Jerry has been out of the TV scene for 12 years and married for 10 years. I’m looking forward to the show. ;)

Link: @themarriageref

Modern Marriages: The Rise Of The Sugar Mama A study by the Pew...

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:35:00 -0800

Modern Marriages: The Rise Of The Sugar Mama

A study by the Pew Research Center finds that there’s been a role reversal when it comes to men, women and the economics of marriage. ”We found that increasingly, women are more likely to marry husbands who have lower education levels than they do, and lower income levels than they do,” says D’Vera Cohn of the Pew Research Center. From 1970 to 2007, husbands whose wives earned more than they did jumped from 4 percent to 22 percent.

Special Report: The Science of Falling and Staying in Love About...

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:47:00 -0800

Special Report: The Science of Falling and Staying in Love

About half of first marriages fail in the U.S., as do two thirds of second marriages and three quarters of third marriages. We fail in large part because we enter into relationships with poor skills for maintaining them and highly unrealistic expectations.

In the Jan/Feb 2010 issue of Scientific American MIND Dr. Robert Epstein discusses how science can help you fall in love and stay there.

Download: full PDF article

related: Smart Marriages resources

Drunk 4-Year-Old Boy Steals Christmas The boy followed his...

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:55:00 -0800

Drunk 4-Year-Old Boy Steals Christmas

The boy followed his father’s footsteps and was found wandering the streets at 1:45 am drinking a beer. ”He runs away trying to find his father,” said his mother. “He wants to get in trouble so he can go to jail because that’s where his daddy is.”

Can watching porn hurt my relationship? The Family Research...

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:46:36 -0800

Can watching porn hurt my relationship?

The Family Research Council released a new study Wednesday that comprehensively details the effects of pornography on marriages, children, communities and individuals.

Full report: PDF

Facebook, Twitter, and Wedding Ceremony! Dana Hanna updates his...

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:39:27 -0800

Facebook, Twitter, and Wedding Ceremony!

Dana Hanna updates his Facebook and Twitter, at the altar. Without his bride Tracy knowing he was going to do it. [source: TechCrunch]

Any guesses what some of their marriage quarrels will be about?

National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) just released Mama Says: A...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:08:00 -0800

National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) just released Mama Says: A National Survey of Moms’ Attitudes on Fathering, the first-ever national survey taking an in-depth look at how today’s mothers view fathers and fatherhood.

Top findings:

:: 93% of moms believe there is a father absence crisis.
:: Most moms think dad is replaceable.
:: Married moms were happier with dads’ performance than unmarried moms.

(Download full report)

Video

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:24:18 -0800

Scott Stanley, author of Fighting for your Marriage, and co-director of the Center for Marital and Family Studies and a research professor of psychology at the University of Denver will be available to discuss your questions about dating, marriage and divorce at 3 p.m. ET, Tuesday. The conversation will be moderated virtually at that time.

How does technology enable intimacy? Technology anthropologist...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:02:00 -0800

How does technology enable intimacy?

Technology anthropologist Stefana Broadbent analyzes how we text, IM and talk. At the TED conference in July 2009, she described how these new methods of communication are helping us break out of old institutions and bringing us closer together than ever before.

Fact Sheet: Marriage Among Asian Americans All Asian ethnic...

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:16:00 -0700

Fact Sheet: Marriage Among Asian Americans

All Asian ethnic groups living in the U.S. have a greater than 60 percent marriage rate. Asians marrying non-Hispanic Whites comprise the greatest proportion of intermarriages in the United States. Of Asians living in the U.S. who intermarry, about 75 percent are women. More than 50 percent of the Asians in the U.S. live in three states: California New York and Texas.

Download: PDF fact sheet