Category: Marriage/Family

The girlboss, anti-men, anti-family era sold us independence at the cost of connection. It’s time to admit the price was too high.

A decades-long study at Harvard likewise shows the quality of our relationships is the strongest predictor of health and happiness as we age. Connecting with teenagers, in particular, can give purpose to older people and perspective to younger adults and teens.

There is almost always a moment in a strained relationship that sounds like some version of this:

“You are making this a bigger deal than it is.” “You’re overreacting.” “Why are you making this a thing? Can’t you get over it?”

And underneath those words is something far deeper than the disagreement itself. It’s the quiet dismissal and rupture that communicates, “What matters to you isn’t important to me.”

If you have experienced this, you know how painful and frustrating it can be to be misunderstood or minimized in a relationship.

Have you ever been told that you are too needy by your partner? Learn why this may be happening and why the idea of ‘too needy’ is a myth.

Should a woman take her husband’s last name when she gets married? It’s a hotly contested question today, including this week where it’s been a particular topic of conversation on X. The Pew Research Center suggests that 79% of women take their husband’s last name. Yet while the debate over married names vs. maiden names still rages, online at least, it is rarely informed by actual data. Are couples in which the woman keeps her maiden name or chooses to hyphenate her last name systematically different from couples who share the husband’s surname?

We don’t need perfect love; we need responsive love.

Men who never married were found to have a 70% higher likelihood of cancer than married...