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Saturday, April 28, 2012 - Why do we have children when we fall in love? Why do we have children? Often, it is purely for selfish reasons. It may be the desire to continue the family name and for some people, to try to positively change a bland or failing marriage. In many cases, the desire to have a family is part ..

Friday, March 30, 2012 - Instant Gratification, Quick Fixes, No Patience and a Lack of Deep-thinking Ability Recently, a journalist wrote about romance being killed by online dating. That is a narrow view of things since online dating accounts for only 20% of all relationships. What is more obvious is the culture that  ..

Monday, February 27, 2012 - Winter Vacation Time Should Also Be Romantic Time Our winter vacation has just ended and we find ourselves more tired than when we left on what was supposed to be a relaxing and romantic family vacation. Do they have to be mutually exclusive? I often remind my readers that a key to any  ..

Wednesday, February 08, 2012 - Recent films like Wanderlust, The Vow, Valentine's Day and so many other movies support the notion that intimacy has to be so much more than just holding hands. These movies and so many more support and promote the expectation that intimacy must include a heated interchange, physical calisthenic ..

Monday, January 09, 2012 - Comedians are joking about it. Parents are fretting about it and television reality shows are promoting it as a twisted reality of parents who are trying to live vicariously through their children on shows like Toddlers in tiaras and Dance Moms. It’s an ugly reality and it’s getting wors ..