Table of Contents

Note to Readers

Introduction: Kid Crisis: What Is Happening to Us?
Part 1:

Baby on Board: Using Chaos to Create Couple Closeness
Chapter 1:
Baby Bliss versus Baby Blues
Chapter 2:
The Real Parent Trap
Chapter 3:
Can We Stay Best Friends?
Chapter 4:
Separate and Equal
Chapter 5:
Support Networks: It Takes a Village to Shelter Your Marriage
Chapter 6: Chance for a New Start
   
Part 2: Normal Marriages – Real Problems
Chapter 7: Who Is this Person I Married?
Chapter 8: Rage as a Signal
Chapter 9:
Which Marriage Do We Want for the Rest of our Life?
Chapter 10:

Good Moms (and Dads) Feel Guilty
Chapter 11:
When and Why Benign Child Neglect Is Good
Chapter 12:
Finding Good Help: When Your Mother Lives in Mexico or Is Otherwise Unsuitable
Chapter 13:
Where Is This Train Headed?
Chapter 14:
It’s Not Working…Normal Sexual Dysfunction
Chapter 15: Affairs Preventing and Healing Them
   
Part 3:
Travels, Christmas and other Crises
Chapter 16:
When One Parent Travels
Chapter 17:
Kids, Couples and Vacations: Taking the Kids
Chapter 18:
Birthdays Battles, Christmas and Horror Days
Chapter 19: When Crisis Strikes
   
Part 4:
Let’s Talk: Protecting Your Marriage
Chapter 20:
Healed by Listening
Chapter 21: Fight Like the Windows Are Open
Chapter 22:
Taking Care of Yourself
Chapter 23: Protecting your Marriage with Warmth and Persuasion
   
Closing: Happy Endings
Interesting Books and Resources
Further study and group support
Index


 

 

 

   

 

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