Optimal Relationships Daily - Dating, Marriage and Parenting

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Episode 3202:

Evan Marc Katz answers a reader who froze when a male friend made a move, and now has feelings for him but worries it is too late. He explains why so much dating anxiety comes from overthinking what a man is thinking instead of simply asking him, and why a direct question cannot change how someone already feels. It is practical dating advice for turning a friendship into a relationship with honesty rather than guesswork.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.evanmarckatz.com/blog/communication/how-do-i-get-a-guy-to-make-a-move-after-i-rejected-him-once

Quotes to ponder:

"If you want to know what a man's thinking, ASK HIM."

"But it's important to know that your question is NOT going to change his mind on anything."

"And either way, you'll be able to move forward appropriately without all of this worrying and overthinking."

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Episode 3201:

Adina Soclof explains why forcing children to apologize tends to teach insincerity and spark power struggles, and why it helps to aim instead for genuine remorse and repair. She offers four ways to get there: giving the child the benefit of the doubt, following words with actions, planning for next time, and modeling real apologies as a parent. It is practical parenting advice for raising kids who know how to make things right in their relationships.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://parentingsimply.com/1906/

Quotes to ponder:

"Unfortunately, forcing children to apologize teaches children to be insincere."

"To avoid that we need to be as gentle with the perpetrator as we are with the victim."

"Children need to see their parents be genuinely contrite in order to learn the meaning of being truly remorseful."

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Episode 3200:

Isaac Morehouse shares how flashcards, rewards and restrictions all failed to get his capable six-year-old reading, and only strained their relationship, until the family simply stopped trying. Not long after, his son taught himself to read because he wanted to enjoy his favorite comic strip. It is a thought-provoking parenting story about letting children learn on their own timeline and protecting the parent-child relationship along the way.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://isaacmorehouse.com/2015/06/30/how-my-son-learned-to-read-when-we-stopped-trying-to-teach-him/

Quotes to ponder:

"All these efforts had two things in common: they didn't help him read one bit and they made our relationship with him worse."

"Being a parent and being a child cease to be fun when you're at odds all the time."

"Do you really want your memories with them to consist of fights and forced lessons?"

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Episode 3199:

Shelby Forsythia explains why the healthy response to parents, partners, friends and kids who keep falling short of what we need is to grieve the relationship we expected to have. She walks through acknowledging that the person may never change, looking at what can be done on your own side of the relationship, and remembering that everyone comes with flaws. It is a compassionate approach to relationships that frees you to decide where each one goes next.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://medium.com/@shelbyforsythia/when-people-arent-who-we-need-them-to-be-5c878a444774

Quotes to ponder:

"You cannot love someone and simultaneously wish they were different."

"Others let us down just like we let them down."

"We can choose to end negative relationships, take action in stagnant ones, or form new relationships that better support our wants and needs."

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Episode 3198:

Keith Wilson explains a three-step exercise for making peace with a parent who was not the parent you needed: call them by name instead of title, retell their life story from their own point of view, and work out how old they really were when things went wrong. He shows how stepping out of the center of the story turns a child's hurt into one adult understanding another. It is a practical path toward reconciliation and forgiveness in family relationships, and it works for spouses, siblings and friends too.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://keithwilsoncounseling.com/2016/07/15/the-road-to-reconciliation-get-out-of-the-middle-of-the-picture/

Quotes to ponder:

"I think it's more respectful to understand someone as a whole person, independent of yourself, who is trying to play with the hand she is dealt."

"I'm often amazed by how little adult children know about their parents, except the parts that directly pertain to them."

"When you are no longer at the center of the story, blocking the view, you are better able to see and, if appropriate, genuinely forgive."

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