Remarriages are becoming the norm in society today. After moving on from divorce, many people want to be married again. After all, human beings yearn to spend their lives with someone they love. However, remarriage can be tricky since divorcees carry a lot of baggage from their previous marriage. Besides emotional baggage, couples who are remarrying need to decide about finances, living arrangements and step-parenting duties.

Good communication is the foundation of a successful relationship. Unfortunately, the truth is that all couples argue. Sometimes, it feels like your spouse isn’t listening to you even though you are expressing your feelings. This can often to lead to problems in the long run. The good news is that changing the way you communicate with your partner can get their attention. It’s not just important what you say but how you say it.

Cyberbullying, or purposefully causing harm to others in a repetitive manner through the use of electronic devices, is on the increase, especially among children. In Part 1 of this series, I had discussed how technology can be used for cyberbullying to deliberately hurt and harass a child, and its psychological effects on the victim. In Part 2 of this series, I had shared some valuable tips on how you can protect your child from becoming a victim of cyberbullying and also deal with its effects. In Part 3 of this series, I will be discussing how staying in the virtual world is making children lose their social skills and develop lack of empathy for others, resulting in their inability to realize the effects of their actions on others.

Cyberbullying is more dangerous than traditional bullying because most parents lack the technological knowledge to keep pace with their children’s online activity. In part 1 of this series, I had discussed how a cyberbully can use technology to deliberately hurt and harass a child and its psychological effects on the victim. In Part 2 of this series, I will be sharing some valuable tips on how you can protect your child from becoming a victim of cyberbullying and also deal with its effects.

Bullying has been around for a long time, but technology has taken it to a whole new level. Using digital technology to deliberately and repeatedly harass, humiliate, embarrass, threaten, or intimidate a person is known as cyberbullying. In Part 1 of this series, I will be discussing how technology can be used for cyberbullying to deliberately hurt and harass a child, and its psychological effects on the victim.

Most couples experience different relationship or marital problems at some point in their lives, but the truth is that they face similar issues. As a relationship specialist and couple counselor, I have successfully guided many individuals and couples on how to deal with their relationship problems and solve them to move forward in life. Based on my experience in couple counseling, I have put together a list of the four most common communication problems that couples encounter in their relationship and solutions to deal with these issues.