Marriage Tips for Men | The Art of Manliness
There are three important realizations that a man needs to have in order to build a strong and lasting marriage.| The Art of Manliness
There are three important realizations that a man needs to have in order to build a strong and lasting marriage.| The Art of Manliness
When you’re making choices as a parent concerning your children and your family, it’s easy to choose whatever is most comfortable and convenient in the moment. But a friend of mine once gave me a much better criterion for making these decisions — asking yourself: “What pattern do I want to set for my […]| The Art of Manliness
In the individualistic and present-focused culture of the 21st century, interest in one’s heritage and family ties has waned -- to our ultimate detriment.| The Art of Manliness
How to do your family's genealogy – a comprehensive guide to the basics of getting started with researching your family history.| The Art of Manliness
If you're a dad (or cool uncle or grandpa) looking to connect with your kiddos via storytelling, here's the nuts and bolts of crafting stories for kids.| The Art of Manliness
While the divorce rate has fallen over the last several years, plenty of couples still don't pass the test of time. Here's how to strengthen your marriage.| The Art of Manliness
The Churchill School of Adulthood continues with this lesson on why men shouldn't be afraid to start a family.| The Art of Manliness
When you’re a busy dad, the first day of school can sneak up on you. One day you’re taking your family on a road trip through the American West, and then — BAM!— it’s the night before the first day of school, and your kids are still going to bed at midnight and you and […]| The Art of Manliness
Ben Hewitt and I discuss why and how he and his wife built their own home in Vermont with little debt, the art of simple living, and "unschooling" their kids.| The Art of Manliness
Duana Welch and I talk about why men and women cheat and how to prevent it, how porn affects relationships, and the best way to break up with someone.| The Art of Manliness
Just because you're too old to go door to door, doesn't mean your Halloween fun needs to end.| The Art of Manliness
Get your kids in the great outdoors with these camping tips.| The Art of Manliness
Marriage offers truly significant benefits that cannot be found outside of it. Here are 6 reasons you should grow up, man-up, and stopping being scared of walking down the aisle.| The Art of Manliness
If you're researching your family history, you might be looking for a way to assimilate all of the information you're learning. Enter the genogram.| The Art of Manliness
Editor’s note: The following excerpt on “Advice to the Newly Married” comes from The Business of Life by Frank Crane, published in 1920. Now, young folks, you’re just fresh married, you’re as happy as June-bugs, life seems one infinite, rimless custard pie, and Messrs. Joy and Gladness, so to speak, seem to have moved in […]| The Art of Manliness
There are a few things you must keep in mind when contemplating the way that you will propose marriage to your lady.| The Art of Manliness
A recent study found that reading research-based articles together as a couple, and applying the advice from those articles to your relationship was just as effective as attending a workshop or seminar.| The Art of Manliness
Giving an allowance is one of the best ways to teach your kids about money management and saving for long-term goals. Here are some tips to think through.| The Art of Manliness
It is possible to affair proof your marriage. Will it be a lot of work? Yes. But that's what you signed up for when you decided to marry your sweetheart.| The Art of Manliness
Here are a few suggestions on how to be a corporate warrior and a super dad at the same time.| The Art of Manliness
A lot of people go into marriage with a 50/50 mindset. Everything in the relationship — from tangible things like childcare and chores to intangible things like the effort and energy needed to keep the partnership going — is supposed to be divided equally. The 50/50 approach to relationships is all about fairness. And that […]| The Art of Manliness
Every dad and cool uncle needs a repertoire of yuk-yuk jokes to tell kids. They’re great to bust out to while away the time.| The Art of Manliness
The best ways to developing, strengthening, and maintaining the friendship between you and your partner.| The Art of Manliness
These days, you hear more and more about parents and adult children being estranged from each other. Some individuals have even decided to go “no contact” with their parents; they don’t want anything to do with their mom and/or dad at all. To understand what’s behind this phenomenon, today I talk to Joshua Coleman, a […] Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support!| Family Archives | The Art of Manliness
In a famous study done a couple of decades ago, researchers wanted to see whether the “proximity and salience of a food” influenced how much of it was consumed. Jars were filled with candy and placed in an office. Some of them were put directly on workers’ desks; others were placed six feet away from them. […] Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support!| Family Archives | The Art of Manliness
In a family, a lot of the dynamics around devices and screens are reactive in nature. Kids bug for their own smartphones, parents worry they’ll be left out without one, and without weighing the pros and cons, give in to their kids’ requests. Parents let children have a ton of screen time because it lets […] Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support!| Family Archives | The Art of Manliness
How to establish family traditions, the importance of doing so, and how to create a positive family culture.| The Art of Manliness
Creating positive family culture is paramount to successful households. Learn how to plan and lead weekly family meetings.| The Art of Manliness
How to create a positive family culture by utilizing family dinners.| The Art of Manliness
Family mission state: how and why to create one, and how it helps establish a positive family culture.| The Art of Manliness
60+ family tradition ideas for you and your family to jump-start creating a positive family culture.| The Art of Manliness
Your relationship with your mother is likely the first and most foundational connection in your life. At its best, this bond can be a source of comfort, strength, and love that lasts a lifetime and changes in healthy, appropriate, and adaptive ways as you mature into adulthood. But sometimes, the attachment between a mother and […]| The Art of Manliness
Learn why marriage is still relevant and important in today's society, backed by data from sociologist Dr. Brad Wilcox.| The Art of Manliness
There are a lot of popular ideas out there around marriage, family, and culture, like, for example, that living together before marriage decreases your chances of divorce, people are having fewer children because children are expensive to raise, and society is becoming more secular because people leave religion in adulthood. Are these ideas actually born […]| The Art of Manliness
When parents were asked what they worried about most regarding their children, their primary concern about their kids was their sense of entitlement.| The Art of Manliness
If you want to plan and tackle life’s greatest adventures side-by-side, you’ve got to stay in-sync and work as a team. How do you do that? The marriage meeting.| The Art of Manliness
Like most modern kids, our children get some screen time each day to watch YouTube videos or play Minecraft or Zelda. And like most modern parents, Kate and I want to make sure our kids don’t come across anything they shouldn’t — like porn — while they’re on their screens. There are some gnarly things […]| The Art of Manliness
For most people, their siblings will be the longest-lasting relationships of their lives, potentially enduring all the way from birth until past the death of their parents. Marked by both jealousy and conflict and love and loyalty, siblings are also some of our most complicated relationships. While a little over half of people describe their relationships with their siblings as positive, […]| The Art of Manliness
