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The Anger Epidemic Is Coming For American Parents

COVID-19 Doesn't Have to End in Divorce

By Jeremy Brown

Ask the Goodfather

Help! My Kids Are Fighting So Much That I Dread Coming Home.

By Patrick A. Coleman

32 Small, Nice Things to Do After a Big Fight

These Are the Most Common Arguments Married Couples Have

By Lauren Vinopal

Your In-Laws and Your Wife Are Fighting. Here's What to Do — And What Not To

By Lizzy Francis

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How to Keep an Intense Argument From Spiraling Out of Control A disagreement with your partner can go from zero to warp speed with one misplaced word. Here’s how you can keep it on cruise control.

The 6-Step Trick to Ending Every Argument Quickly Remember this the next time you have a fight with your wife or husband.

When Kids Fear School Shootings How do parents address legitimate fears of gun violence without exacerbating the harm done? Very carefully.

Father & Child Relationships

The Silliest, Most Absurd Fight We've Ever Had, According To 16 Married People In marriage, you'll have a lot of fights. Many will be serious. Many more will be completely ridiculous and hilarious in retrospect.

10 Things to Never, Ever Say When Arguing With Your Spouse When a disagreement spirals into a full-blown brawl, there are certain phrases you need to avoid. These ten should never be spoken.

The Gosars are an Average American Family Six siblings of Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar have publicly endorsed his opponent and it doesn't even feel weird anymore.

The Biggest Fight We Had As New Parents — And How We Worked It Out From the Great Onesie Debate to The Bath-Time Brawl

There Are No 'Loud Kids' This week, Fatherly's resident parenting expert talks about why make up sex is a bad idea, how to keep a 5-year-old quiet and why you might want to avoid that baby powder.

Father & Child Relationships

I Tried Having My Kids Punish Themselves and Found Inner Peace A week of letting my children choose their own consequences showed that kids have an innate sense of restorative justice when they want to.

You're Going to Fight in Your Marriage. Here's How to Make it Productive. Productive for both your marriage and your children's social development.

How to Argue Better When You Hate Conflict It's all about learning how to engage and argue in a style that suits your personality.

6 Punching Bags You'll Love to Wail On Want to work out some aggression on a punchable torso? Add a new layer of stat-tracking to your boxing workout? These bags have you covered.

How to Stop Being Overly Aggressive During Marital Arguments Remember: If you seek to always be the victor, it means someone has to be the victim.

The 10 Fights You’ll Have in the Car This Summer From the "Do you know where you're going?" dust up to the "For the Love of God, Please Change the Radio" blow-out.

Stop Calling Your Wife “Crazy” During Arguments Yes, it's ingrained in our vocabulary. But the word is lazy, hurtful, and de-legitimizes a woman's feelings.

How to Teach Little Kids to Defend Themselves Many dads want to teach kids to defend themselves by decking a bully in the face, but sometimes well-crafted trash talk works better.

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