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Do Happy Couples Argue?

It may not be the argument, but how you handle it, that matters.

Even after being married for 30 years, I vividly remember our first argument after we got married. It was intense and to be honest, it scared me. In my mind, I thought, “Wait, we are happy and we love each other, but happy couples don’t argue, do they?”I wish I knew then what I know now: Happy couples do argue.

7 Ways to Embrace Being a #girldad

The impact of a father is priceless.

Kobe Bryant’s untimely death brought to the forefront a great conversation about being a girl dad. Elle Duncan from ESPN Sports Center spoke about meeting Bryant when she was eight months pregnant. He congratulated her and when he found out she was having a girl, and he high-fived her and said, “Girls are the best!” Bryant said that he and his wife had talked about having more children, but they joked: What if they had another girl? Duncan said, “Four girls…

What You Need to Know: Smartphones, Teens and Depression

Check out the research.

Panicking About Your Kids’ Phones? New Research Says Don’t is the title of an article in the New York Times. The writer says a growing number of academicians are challenging the true impact of social media and smartphones, questioning whether too much time on devices is actually the culprit for the dramatic increase in anxiety, depression and other mental health issues, especially in teens.Before you jump on that bandwagon, believing the claims, you might want to hear what psych…