The M.Guy Tweet, Week of August 25, 2013

1. Marriage Lessons: Divorced Man's Top 20 Things to Do Differently, Herald Sun
Posted in late July, Rogers' frank and self-effacing list of marriage dos and don'ts has been shared and reshared by more than 350,000 people around the world, with more than 10,000 likes and hundreds of positive comments.

2. Is Forever Feasible, The Huffington Post
Many young people today begin to run off the road when they get the crucial success sequence wrong (get an education, then get married, then have children). Children whose parents have not followed this life course sequence are, on average, at much greater risk for poverty and poorer outcomes.

3. Children and Divorce: 'I Just Want to Know Why They Broke Up,' The Guardian
"You get the feeling in so many cases that it was easier to pack their bags and split up than to sit down and have a conversation," he says. And the big problem with that is, so many questions are left unanswered for the children at the centre of the split.

4. Keeping Marriage Going Strong Into Your Golden Years, Courier Journal
Individuals can remedy this by doing more things on their own, whether spending time apart with friends or engaging in hobby time without your spouse. . . Brief periods of separation can make the time married couples do spend together feel more meaningful.

5. Why Marriage is (Still) a Vital Pathway to Independence, National Fatherhood Initiative
What parents often neglect, however, is to send a clear message about the importance of marriage—not only its importance as the ideal situation in which to raise children, but how vital it is to parents’ and their children’s eventual independence from one another.   

6. Reduce Childhood Trauma & Adult Health Problems By Teaching Healthy Relationship Skills to Parents, Pioneer Pitch Day
This new approach of teaching at-risk parents the skills necessary to form and sustain long-term, stable romantic relationships to prevent childhood trauma is a primary prevention approach with much potential.

7. The Health Benefits of Gratitude, Meghan Telpner Nutritionista
A wide cross-section research shows that people who feel more appreciated by their partners are more likely to stay committed. So don’t forget to say thank you to your sweetie for doing the dishes, or the laundry, or packing you a delicious lunch.

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