New Parent Difficulties: A Case Study
When it comes to celebrity couples, Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling are one pair of Hollywood A-listers who have managed to keep the details of their relationship relatively private. Maintaining this level of confidentiality is no small feat given the celebrity status of the two. After all, it's hard enough for us common folk to keep our private lives private.
Nonetheless, when you're as famous as Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling are, there will always be prying eyes and lenses whenever you go out and public. As a result, there are some things that you just can't keep secret for long, and recent photos of the couple together clearly show that Mendes is expecting the couple's second child...
Building Resilience Through Life Transitions
Transitions in life can be so hard. Brad and I are already talking about when we will have a second child. I am already thinking about how my little Luke will feel about no longer being the baby.
Of course he will always be my baby…but the thought of him growing older and not being my little guy is a bit sad. We also think about his emotional health a lot.
We know how important it is for little guys and girls to be emotionally healthy because they take their emotional health or disfunction with them into their adult years. Whether they are emotionally healthy or not it impacts every aspect of their lives....
There's Nothing Like Becoming A Parent...Do You Agree?
How to Reduce Stress & Anger to Lengthen Your Life & the Life of Your Marriage
Overcoming Angry Habits that Wreak Our Health and Our Marriages
Anger Gives Power Away Sometimes it helps to realize that problem anger does not gain us the power, control, respect, or the love we want. It only makes us more powerless by placing our peace in the hands of someone or something else. It drives people away. In short, we put ourselves in the powerless victim role. We give the power away when we get angry...
Crazy Anger, Where Does It Come From?
The Risk Involved with Having a New Baby
What Researchers Say about New Parents
Parenting that is compromised by fighting, irritability, and hostility lead to poor parent-child interaction. This creates a dangerous emotional climate for babies. This atmosphere will interfere with an infant’s ability to self-regulate and to stay calm. Both parents are working harder, but they both feel unappreciated. During the first year after babies arrive, the frequency and intensity of relationship conflicts increase 9 times what it was before the baby. It is normal for a mom’s sexual desire to drop precipitously after birth and even stay low for the first year, especially if she is nursing. Consequently, sex declines dramatically...