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The Marriage Blog Week in Review for Jan 27 – Feb 2

Welcome to our look back on the Marriage Blog Week in Review, this is our way of helping you catch up on the week’s worth of stories. We’re all busy and it’s easy to overlook articles when they are posted all day long – the week in review provides you with a summary of our articles in the past week. So without further ado, let’s dive into this week in review. Saturday, January 27 Reaffirming or Rehashing? is that what you and your spouse are doing when you argue or debate the same point over and over again? I’m sure … Continue reading →

Creating House Rules for Your Boomerang Child

It’s far too easy when a child boomerangs to let them move back in and resume old roles. You’ll start to look after them, your spouse will ask them to kick around the ball or give them some handy cash if they need it. In the worst case of scenarios, your boomerang will start sleeping late, forgetting to pick up after his or herself and make demands on the menu and much more. Create House Rules We discussed some house rules you need to set up with your child in Are Your Boomerang Children at Home? but there are other … Continue reading →

Are Your Boomerang Children at Home?

This phrase cracks me up, honestly – the idea of a boomerang is that you throw it; it curves out and then returns to your hand. We send our children out like boomerangs all the time – sending them to school, sending them to a friend’s and sending them out to play and we do want them to return, but when we send out our young adults to get married, to go to college or to live independently – it’s not necessarily what parents have in mind to have them return home again. Boomerang Kids Can Affect Your Relationship When … Continue reading →

When The Babies Don’t Leave The Nest

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I am a helicopter parent. I would like to blame that on being a single parent but I think I would have been a helicopter parent no matter what. They are different schools of thought on this type of hovering, but basically, it is seen as something that interferes with our children’s independence. Because we hover the kids don’t learn to make their own mistakes and fix things, we are always there to jump in and save the day. Now studies are seeing a new trend, kids who never leave home. This seems to be a result of several things, … Continue reading →

Adventures by Disney: Australia

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When you arrive at Cairns International Airport in Queensland you’ll be met by an Adventures by Disney representative who will assist with your luggage and see you to your transfer vehicle. You’ll then be whisked away to the Sea Temple Resort & Spa. Your Adventure Guide will check you in and then you’ll be on your own until dinner. Your welcome dinner will be a family-style dinner served under the stars. On your second day in Australia, you’ll visit Mossman Gorge where you’ll hike through a rainforest park. Lunch will be served at Voyages Silky Oaks Lodge where you can … Continue reading →