relationships
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10 Tips on Being a Better Mom
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Because even the most awesome mom needs some reminders sometimes. These 10 tips will help you remain a #1 mom. Laugh a lot. Yes, we’re putting this as number one. Keep your house a happy, positive place. At some point in the future, your children will remember it as a happy warm place. Create structure/boundaries…
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Ruth’s 3 Lessons on How to Treat Your Mother-in-Law
While Ruth, the heroine of Shavuos, serves as a role model for us in many ways, it’s interesting to explore her greatness when it comes to the contentious arena of mother/daughter-in-law relationships. Ruth not only afforded her mother-in-law Naomi great respect; she actually clung to her fiercely, refusing to part ways. How does that happen?…
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10 Tips on Being a Better Wife
We all have little tips to share that help us improve our own relationship…we put all of them together to create one really awesome wife. Make sure to share your “better wife” tips in the comments! When it comes to your husband’s faults (hey, we all have some too!) separate yourself from them. It’s not…
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How Can My Marriage Get Better if My Husband Isn’t Willing to Work at It?
Here’s why women are the “akeres habayis” and how we hold the power to influence our husband and home. For more tools, you can join the next Go4Harmony Teleconference for free tomorrow night, Tuesday, December 26. (Missed the class? You can still hear the recording. Access information is below.) In the modern world today, men…
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BFF: 5 Ways to Help Your Preschooler Make Friends at School
Even if you’re not there with her, your interactions with your child could encourage her to form new relationships and make friends At my daughter’s kindergarten orientation this year, she was surprised to discover that, due to a grade rearrangement, some of her friends from the year before wouldn’t be in her class anymore. In…
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You’re Never Too Old for Mommy and Me
Don’t have the relationship with your mother that you crave? You can still get it—and even nurture yourself when she’s no longer here Every human being, especially every woman, has an inherent need for a deep, fulfilling relationship with her very first primary caregiver, her mother. While some may admit it and others will deny…
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Listening Is a Dying Art. Let’s Revive It.
If you want to be a good friend, listen completely.“I never learned anything while I was talking.” —Larry King It’s one of my favorite quotes of all time and something I strive to remember, each and every day. Every person has a story to tell. A thought. A bit of advice. Every person and every…
Filed under: Living
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