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I feel so strongly about promoting a healthy marriage initiative in our state because marriage is in crisis. In 1970, nearly 80% of all American adults were married; today that number has dropped to 57%. The Marriage Index also reports that today 40% of all American children are born out-of-wedlock. Read the rest of this entry »

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Out of the University of Washington comes over 35 years of marital research by Dr. John Gottmann that determines with more than a 90 percent accuracy rate, what’s going to happen to a relationship over a three-year period. In a national telephone survey there were two issues that couples were most likely to report arguing about? What would you guess those two areas were? Read the rest of this entry »

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This particular topic is especially addressed to parents of adult married children. It is rather tempting to continue to parent, protect, coddle and rescue. But when we do this, we often cause even more harm to the couple. Finances are a frequent problem among many couples. Read the rest of this entry »

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It’s difficult to get reliable statistics on infidelity for a variety of reasons. Much of our current data is based on the famous Kinsey reports from the 40’s and 50’s as well as a consensus among professionals and experts in the field of infidelity. It is believed that about 60% of men (and now women) have an affair at SOME point in SOME marriage. Since not all men and women having affairs are married to each other, according to author and infidelity expert, Peggy Vaughn, infidelity may affect an estimated 80% of marriages in the U.S. Eighty percent! Read the rest of this entry »