Why Do Couples Seem To Fight More When They Become Parents?

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Why Do Couples Seem To Fight More When They Become Parents?

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35 minutes

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Aug 17, 2023

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Sometimes being in a couple relationship and being parents just feels so hard!! Why does parenting introduce a new level of hard into couple relationships. Stephen Mitchell, PhD and Erin Mitchell, MACP tell you why.

Released:

Aug 17, 2023

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Podcast episode

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A show about couple relationships: how they work, why they don’t, and what you can do to fix what’s broken.

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Why Do Couples Seem To Fight More When They Become Parents?

Why Do Couples Seem To Fight More When They Become Parents?

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Titles in the series (72)

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