Is “Married At First Sight” A Recipe for Happily Ever After?
By Seth Eisenberg The new American television series ”Married At First Sight” follows six people as they discover if married at first sight can last. Personally, I know love at first sight can last. A...
View ArticleMove Over First Families: Stepfamilies Are the New Game in Town
By Beverly Willett A few days ago, Honey Maid, the maker of a wide variety of well-known graham cracker products including the honey-flavored Teddy Grahams I once served my own children, unleashed...
View ArticleShoring Up Stepfamilies
By Mike McManus Perhaps half of all marriages involve one partner who was previously married. If children are involved, 70% of stepfamilies will divorce, putting everyone through another trauma....
View ArticleGiving Hope to a Relationship Third-World Country
By Sage Erickson Picture a third world country: desperate poverty, a daily struggle to survive, widespread suffering, minimal sanitation, and diminished economic opportunities. Now picture the United...
View ArticleUrgent: Census Bureau to Stop Studying Marriage and Divorce
By John Crouch The U.S. government plans to stop collecting the only divorce rate information that anyone actually cares about: What are our overall chances of divorcing, ever? How long do marriages...
View ArticleThe First Monday In January
By David Schel No sooner had the sun set on the busiest month of the year for retailers, when the most active season for divorce lawyers had its kickoff the first Monday in January on what has sadly...
View ArticleA Lenten Challenge to Pastors to Cut the Divorce Rate
By Mike McManus After hearing a Lenten sermon on the need to repent from sins and make a new commitment to amend our lives, I asked my pastor to consider calling upon area churches this Lent to create...
View ArticleSacrificing Love for Lent?
By Seth Eisenberg As a Jew, Lent is not one of the traditions my family and ancestors practiced. Yet reading Mike McManus’ post on the Coalition for Divorce Reform website left me inspired by the...
View ArticleQuad-Skinny-Double-Pump-Mocha-Chino — Marriage Advice — With Foam
By David Schel Like so many other mobile aficionados, I office out of a Starbucks location. It’s a great set-up. Nice working atmosphere, great music, and a full coffee bar. Best of all, free rent! I...
View ArticleDaughters of Divorce
By Aimee Lynch As college-age women find their seats, I consider their faces. Outwardly, we look different. We come from different years in school, and have different majors and varying personalities....
View ArticleBefore You Tie The Knot
By Michele-Weiner Davis Does knowing one’s fiancée’s values, goals and aspirations increase the odds a couple will live happily ever after?” That’s what reporters often want to know when interviewing...
View ArticleBusted By Ashley Madison: The Upside
By Seth Eisenberg Can getting busted on Ashley Madison be the beginning of true love and a happier, stronger marriage? For many, the surprising answer is “Yes!” Florida State Attorney Jeff Ashton...
View ArticleMy Passion to Serve Children and Save Families
Written by Greg Griffin In the summer of 2012, I was combing the web looking for work, and I stumbled across the Coalition for Divorce Reform’s (CDR’s) website. I read through the site and the Parental...
View ArticleAn Open Letter To The Synod Fathers: A Catholic Perspective on Unilateral,...
Written by Rachael Marie Collins Dear Synod Fathers, My husband and I were married in April 2008. Despite a lovely courtship and beautiful wedding, the first eighteen months of our marriage were...
View ArticleHow Many Married People Have Thought About Divorce? *
Written by Alan J. Hawkins and Sage E. Allen Almost everyone wants a happy marriage and wants it to last a lifetime.[i] But most also know the scary U.S. statistics: nearly 50 percent of first...
View ArticleThe Little Things
Written by Chris Gersten When my mother was eighty-five years old, long into her extended battle with Alzheimer’s, she shared some wonderful advice about what made her 52-year marriage to my dad so...
View ArticleHow To Fix No-Fault Divorce
By Mike McManus In the old days, if a spouse wanted a divorce, there had to be proof that a partner was guilty of a major fault – adultery, abandonment, or physical abuse. Marriage was considered a...
View ArticleIn Training For My Grandchildren
By Jason Williams I’m 32-years-old. My kids are eight, seven, and five. I figure I’m at least 15 years away from having grandchildren, but I’m already preparing for them. About three years ago,...
View ArticleKids, Your Mom Wants a Divorce!
By Michele Weiner-Davis No one, especially not parents, takes the decision to divorce lightly. Most people flounder in their marriages for long periods of time and question themselves endlessly before...
View ArticleThe Next Fifty Years of Marriage
By Chris Gersten A few weeks ago my wife Linda and I were celebrating the 50th anniversary of our first meeting. I discussed some of the things I have learned about being a good husband. Now I want...
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