Parents Taking Care: How to Stay Close After Having Children

Parents Taking Care: How to Stay Close After Having Children

Every semester TLC dedicates at least one week to parents taking better care of themselves. This week our TLC class discussion will focus on the inevitable adjustments that take place in our relationships with our co-parents. As Dr. Craig Malkin (a dear friend here in Belmont) shares, “The news for couples with kids is generally pretty bleak. We’re inundated by messages that children can be the death of a good relationship. That’s bad enough. But what’s even more troubling is that the reasons cited often ring true.” Sounds quite negative, no? Read on! Dr. Malkin reminds us that “Kids don’t kill relationships; adults do.” Please take the time to share and discuss 5 suggested ways to stay close to your co-parent while raising young children.