Book Review

Happily Married with Kids: It's Not Just a Fairy Tale
By Carol Ummel Lindquist, Ph.D.
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Published: January 2004

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About the Book

Is your marriage stuck in "the parent trap"?

If you're like most new parents, you've discovered that the arrival of a newborn -- and the subsequent changes in priorities and lifestyle -- can put a tremendous strain on even the best of marriages. In fact, research indicates that 67 percent of new parents complain they are having less sex, less fun, and more arguments than before kids entered the picture.

Now, Dr. Carol Ummel Lindquist marriage counselor and happily married mother of two, explores why parenthood can sometimes wreak havoc on your dreams of a happily-ever-after -- and reveals what you can do to make your own marriage a solid, satisfying one. Inspired by the author's twenty-five years of professional experience -- and her own successful marriage -- Happily Married with Kids reveals how you can:

• Avoid the real parent trap: exhaustion and disruption
• Manage conflicts and improve communication
• Stay best friends with your spouse
• Balance work and home
• Enjoy your kids -- and each other -- at every age
• Revive your sex life
• Find humor in everyday difficulties
• Make time for yourself and your marriage

Engaging, fun, and practical, this indispensable guide offers a realistic look at marriage -- and at what you can do to protect yours from the pitfalls of parenthood.

This book is available from Amazon.com

About the Author
Carol Ummel Lindquist, Ph.D., has been a therapist for more than twenty-five years, conducting workshops for couples with children. She is a board-certified clinical psychologist and a Professor Emerita of psychology at California State Fullerton, where she has trained other marital therapists for more than twenty years. In addition, she has published numerous journal articles. She lives with her husband and two sons in Laguna Beach, California.

For more information, please visit Carol Ummel Lindquist's Web site.

The Review
I always believed that I was lucky. Having a child didn't "put a kink" in our marriage like so many of our friends and family. We weren't sure why we seemed different, we just were. After reading Happily Married with Kids: It's Not Just a Fairy Tale, I now know that we weren't lucky. We were happy because we had worked hard to make our marriage even stronger after becoming parents.

I can honestly say that this book is full of great advice for parents. Especially new parents. I found myself nodding my head in a greement with many of Carol Ummel Lindquist's points throughout the book. Much of her advice and guidance is the same that I had been doing myself: and it has worked!! Her writing style was easy, light and fun so it didn't feel like a typical, dry self-help book.

Now I could just kick myself for not having written the book first. LOL

~Ann P., August 2004

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