This site uses cookies to provide you with more responsive and personalized service and to collect certain information about your use of the site. You can change your cookie settings through your browser. If you continue without changing your settings, you agree to our use of cookies. See our Privacy Policy for more information.
Your primary love language is Physical Touch, but other people don't express their love to you in that way. What do you do? The church is probably the best place to feel that love by giving and receiving an appropriate hug from a friend.
Good kids don't suddenly go bad just because they've entered their adolescent years. When teens are secure in the love of their parents, they will have the confidence to reject the negative influences around them.
How can parents teach their children to take responsibility for their hurtful behavior? They should teach by example. When parents have hurt their children and are able to say "I was wrong. I'm sorry.", that will be the first step in teaching your children how to apologize.
It's not uncommon for spouses to disappoint each other. If your spouse hasn't met your expectations, ask them to make the necessary changes. Request the changes, but don't demand them. Speaking your spouse's love language will go a long way.
A listener wrote to express her appreciation for Dr. Gary Chapman's book The 5 Love Languages. It's had a profound impact on her marriage. Learn your spouse's love language, then speak it often!
Gary Chapman, Ph.D. is an author, speaker, and counselor that has a passion for people, and for helping them form lasting relationships. Chapman is a well-known marriage counselor and director of marriage seminars. The 5 Love Languages® is one of Chapman’s most popular titles, topping various bestseller charts for years, selling over twelve million copies and has been on the the New York Times best-sellers list continuously since 2007. Chapman has been directly involved in real-life family counseling since the beginning of his ministry years, and his nationally-syndicated radio programs air nationally on Moody Radio Network and over 400 affiliate stations.
A Love Language™ Minute draws from Dr. Gary Chapman's years of counseling experience, excerpts from his live events, and his answers to listeners' questions to give encouragement and practical help and hope for the relationships in your life