Parenting can be difficult, especially during times of change and uncertainty. Be extra kind to yourself today and remember that there is no such thing as a perfect parent. You are doing your best.
Make Space to Grow as Individuals in Your Relationships
A healthy relationship is made up of two individual people working together. Growing together as a couple also means creating space in your relationship for you and your partner to grow as individuals. Support one another in pursuing your hobbies and passions, and help one another find time for self-care and alone time within the relationship. When you support one another in growing your identities as individuals, you can create opportunities to learn more about one another and continue to grow your relationship!
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Spend Time Focused on Your Partner
Quality time is key to growing together as a couple! Take some time each week to focus fully on each other and your relationship. This may look like a weekly date night, where you get a babysitter, or even having an at home date night after the kids have gone to bed. When you set aside time to focus on one another, you can build a deeper, more intimate connection, strengthening your relationship with one another!
Tips for Healthy Relationships During Challenging Times
Use Conflict to Grow as a Couple
While conflict can be challenging, it is an inevitable part of any relationship. Sometimes, it can feel uncomfortable or even scary; however, it’s important to remember that conflict doesn’t have to be a bad thing. When you and your partner have an argument or disagreement, try to use it as an opportunity to grow and learn as a couple! When you communicate openly and honestly, while respecting one another’s needs, values, and feelings, you can work through conflict in a healthy way that actually brings you closer together. Visit our Toolkit for Couples for more tips on building healthy couple relationships!
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Growing Together as a Couple
Growth is an important part of happy, healthy, and safe relationships! Relationships grow and change over time, as we move through life and experience successes, challenges, failures, joys, and tragedies. Through these changes and challenges, it is important for couples to be open and honest with one another to promote growing together, instead of growing apart. We realize that growing together as a couple can be difficult and takes hard work, so we’ve created a series of tips to help you and your partner grow together as you move through life!
Healthy Relationships Require Balance
Healthy relationships require balance. Both people deserve kindness, respect, and appreciation!
Like People For Who They Are
“When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.” – Donald Miller