Take Back Your Marriage: Sticking Together in a World That Pulls Us Apart

To ensure that one's marriage lasts ""as long as we both shall live"" as opposed to the increasingly popular ""as long as we both shall love,"" William J. Doherty (Take Back Your Kids) recommends that couples undertake daily ""connection rituals"" that facilitate ""intentional marriage."" In Take Back Your Marriage: Sticking Together in a World That Pulls Us Apart, Doherty, the director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at the University of Minnesota, advises couples to avoid family and friends who undermine their marriage and to avoid sacrificing their relationship to their kids. ( June 12)