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Everyone wants a relationship that lasts. Yet nearly half of all today's parents split up.
Harry and Kate Benson began their own married life with great expectations. But within a few years, they stood on the brink of divorce. Today, their marriage is stronger than ever and they have helped many other struggling couples. So what changed?
In this ground-breaking book Harry and Kate tell their own inspiring, hope-filled story, set within the wider context of family research into what works. Harry and Kate's radical solution to strengthening families and reducing unnecessary family breakdown is simple.
Their research suggests a happy mum tends to mean a happy household. She is the lynchpin around whom the family rotates. So for most mums, the success of a marriage depends primarily on her husband's ability to make her feel valued. In other words: husband, love your wife. And she will love you right back. In that order. That's what mums want.
That's the recipe for happy family life.
Foreword 9
Acknowledgments 11
Introduction 13
Chapter One Dear mum 16
Chapter Two Dear dad 24
Chapter Three It wasn't meant to be like this... 34
Chapter Four For the sake of the children? 47
Chapter Five Happy wife, happy life 65
Chapter Six What mums want 87
Chapter Seven Learning to love 109
Chapter Eight For better, for worse 129
Chapter Nine I love you and want to be close to you 143
Chapter Ten Back from the brink 162
Chapter Eleven Wise friends 174
Appendix 192
Notes 201