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by Claudia and David Arp, MSSWDo you want to be good to your marriage? Now, not later when the kids grow up, is the best time to be good to your marriage. Your marriage can actually influence your children in a very positive way -- especially when you're good to it!
Children who grow up in happy, intact, functional families with parents who love each other unconsciously learn the roles they will later need in marriage and parenthood. So as you build your marriage, you're mentoring your own children. Here are 10 ways to be good to your marriage:
1. Call your spouse just to say "I love you!"
2. Scratch your partner's back.
3. Get up with the baby, and let your spouse sleep.
4. Let voice mail collect your calls or turn the phone ringer off so you can concentrate on each other.
5. Light a scented candle.
6. Eat a bowl of ice cream together after the kids are in bed.
7. Turn off the TV.
8. Put on your mate's favourite music.
9. Write a letter and tell your mate why you'd marry him or her all over again!
10. Get out your wedding pictures, look at them together, and rejoice that you married each other!
David and Claudia Arp are the founders and directors of Marriage Alive International and conduct seminars across the United States and Europe. David received a MSW from the University of Tennessee and Claudia holds a bachelor's degree in Home Economics Education from the University of Georgia. The Arps authored an Occasional paper for the United Nations International Year of the Family, 1994, have written over 15 books dealing with marriage and family enrichment, are national radio broadcasters with their program "The Family Workshop," and are currently columnists with New Man Magazine. They have three married adult sons, five grandchildren, and live in Knoxville, Tenn.
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