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Compromise is when everyone walks away equally unhappy. Walk in ready to give a little instead of walking in with a list of demands and sticking points.   * * * *   Practice active listening. Pay special attention to hear the other person’s point. Try to avoid just waiting for your turn to talk. […]

At one time, research suggested that parents who had their children before getting married were more likely to get divorced. A more recent study shows that trend is no longer accurate: http://www.livescience.com/52215-divorce-risk-premarital-children.html https://contemporaryfamilies.org/marriage_timing_doesnt_matter/

A new study calls into question whether Paxil does help in treating adolescents with depression, or might it actually do more harm than good? http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2015/09/17/Paxil-not-safe-for-teenagers-says-new-analysis-of-trial-data/2311442491698/ http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h4320    

Kids who are severely selective eaters—about 3 percent of all children—are more than two times as likely to be diagnosed with depression or social anxiety, compared with kids who will eat anything on their plates, according to a study that was published last month in the journal Pediatrics. http://news360.com/article/311463163 http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2015/07/28/peds.2014-2386.abstract

A helpful opinion piece on dealing with a master negotiator: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/so-heres-the-deal-how-to-respond-to-a-7-year-old-negotiator/2015/09/15/03a8894c-57ef-11e5-b8c9-944725fcd3b9_story.html