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No matter who makes up your family, one thing’s for sure—life is busy! Between laundry, cleaning, cooking, work, school, and endless to-do lists, it’s easy to feel stressed and stretched thin. But building a happier family life doesn’t have to be complicated. With a few simple changes, you can strengthen bonds, reduce stress, and create a home filled with love and laughter. Here are 4 powerful secrets that have helped me and can work for your family too.

No Secrets

Having secrets in a family can lead to stress, deception, and isn’t conducive to having a happy family life. One of the things that can cause problems, especially between you and your partner, is money and your finances. So the things to follow with this are to disclose your money situation, talk and discuss money, and then also decide together how it is spent. So with your partner, this is something that is really important to talk about and be open about. If you end up with secrets in a marriage, partnership or family life, then it could lead to harder things down the line like having to talk about child custody and so on. So you really need to be open in your family life and marriage and don’t keep any secrets.

Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff

Family life is busy and there are happy things that come and go, as well as stressful and trying times. But one thing that is important to do is to think about picking your battles. There are some things that you need to talk about with children and pull them upon, but there are also some arguments that don’t really need to be had. The same can be said of a marriage or relationship; don’t sweat the small stuff. There may be things freaking you out or distressing you, but some things will pass. A happier family life will happen when everyone is happier and there is no upset or resentment.

Create (and uphold) Boundaries

If you are a family that has some strict and clear behaviors and expectations for your children, and yourselves, then it can help to create a happier environment, as well as happier children. Children do need to have boundaries. They might seem like they want to do anything that they want, but really, the idea can be quite frightening. So make sure that you all have clear guidelines and that you all know and understand the rules.

This need for boundaries needs to be established when it comes to members of the extended family, too. For instance, parents and in-laws demand care, time, and attention, especially as they get older. However, rather than having to jeopardize your balance to take care of them if, for instance, they injure themselves or become disabled, you can look to providers like Care.com to ensure that their needs are taken care of. Keeping your relationship familiar, rather than becoming a carer, can help you avoid the strain that comes with being responsible for another person fully.

Navigate the joys and jolts of parenthood

When you become parents there are a lot of stresses, such as physical and financial stress, but it can be different for each parent, as there are some good things and some bad things. So unless you are a single parent and are out there being a superhero on your own, you should think about making sure that you have some clear boundaries about who does what so that you are feeling things are shared, so resent and bitterness doesn’t creep in.

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