7 Ways to show your committment to your spouse!

Go to a place that holds special memories for both of you and talk about the following commitments, or make a new special place, and promise to:

• Never publicly hurt each other.
• To protect each other's reputation and feelings .
• To be faithful emotionally and sexually .
• To keep promises .
• To be honest .
• To never threaten divorce .
• To love each other all through your lives
• Never throw trantrums!

... speaking of tantrums...

Using Time-Outs

Most of us know that when kids are somewhere between 2 to 3 years old, they are also ready for a fairly new concept to them - the Time-Out! Time-outs work like this: When your child misbehaves, for every year of her age, she gets one minute to sit quietly in a chair or in her room to calm herself down (for example, a 3-year-old gets three minutes). She gets up when you say so, or the bell goes off on the timer and time-out is over.
Of course, every child is different, and no one discipline method will work all the time. Our role during this phase is to teach our children to make choices, to teach them to grow up as dependable, highly functioning people, right? But the more practice you get working it out, and the more your child understands boundaries, the happier everyone will be. Most young children have temper tantrums at some point. There are three basic reasons: one, she is tired, sick or she is overwhelmed with feelings of helplessness and frustration, and these feelings can't be held in any longer; two, she's angry because you didn't give in to her and she wants to be independent and have her own way; and three, she's trying to get your attention because she feels left out, ignored or lonely.

With this in mind, it might not be a bad idea that when I misbehave (extended temper tantrum phase), should I not sit quietly in a chair or in my room and set a timer for 50 minutes to calm myself down? (Hmmmm ... this could be profound!)