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Happiness for Yourself So You Can Care for Others

As they say, put your oxygen mask on first before you help with your child's.  Take care of yourself so you can care for your partner relationship, to help you be a better parent.  Since better partners make better parents.  This list of Happiness Habits, from the Greater Good Science Center out of Berkeley, has research to back it up. 

Six Habits of Happiness Worth Cultivating

Lastly, on the topic of relationships for the month of February, practice John Gottman's "Magic Five Hours" habits to improve your partnership relationship.  These five habits should enhance your emotional connection to keep your relationship alive.  They are:

1.  Partings -- Find one thing out about what your partner is going to do that day.
2. Reunions-- Find out how your partner's day went
3.  Admiration/Appreciation-- Find one thing to admire or appreciate about your partner each day and share this with him or her
4. Affection-- Kissing, touching, playfulness
5.  Date-- Alone time with just your partner for eye contact and talking face to face (put those electronic devices away!)

Five Magic Hours: See the "Try This At Home" Refrigerator button for a check-off chart.

Consider This:
Try ONE Happiness Habit for you, and ONE Magic Five Hours habit for your partnership relationship this week.

Extra:
What is Happiness

Book Discussion
We will discuss Chapter 2- Your Brain on Discipline this week (beginning 2/29) of No Drama Discipline.

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