Eyres On The Road

One of the hallmarks of a good relationship is one that is always growing. It takes work and constant effort. Today Richard and Linda give you an alliterative checklist for improvement in your marriage. Does it have commitment, compatibility, courtship, chastity, and celebration? Then you're on the right track. This is episode number six in Richard and Linda's Top 10 Marriage and Relationship Advice. Watch for more tips on marriage-ing in the future!

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Traditional wedding vows say you take each other for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness, and in health. Richard and Linda talk today about the commitment it takes to succeed in marriage. If you know you are there for each other no matter what it can grant peace of mind.  This is episode number five in Richard and Linda's Top 10 Marriage and Relationship Advice. Watch for more tips on marriage-ing in the future!

Conflicts are bound to come up in any relationship. Being marriage and family experts hasn't made the Eyres immune to conflict, but it has helped them resolve it. They remind us that differences aren't inherently bad, but there are good and bad ways to deal with them. Today we get some tips on some of those good and effective ways. This is episode number four in Richard and Linda's Top 10 Marriage and Relationship Advice. Watch for more tips on marriage-ing in the future, and be sure to get caught up on tips 1-3!

Best-selling authors and world traveling speakers Richard and Linda share their experience on families. This week they continue their advice for relationships by debunking the 11 biggest myths of marriage. They also have a big announcement for fans of this recent series on, as they've coined it, marriage-ing.

Marriages are built of two different people coming together. In the last 'marriage-ing' tip Richard and Linda talked about relishing those differences, and so today they focus on not trying to change your spouse. If you notice flaws coming up in your relationship, direct your energy inward and be better yourself, before assigning blame outward to the person you love. This is episode number three in Richard and Linda's Top 20 Marriage and Relationship Tips. Watch for more tips on marriage-ing in the future.

While you hopefully enjoy a three day weekend around family or those you love, remember that there is another holiday coming up later this week. Today the Eyres remind us all about Grandparents Day, which is always the Sunday after Labor Day. Family means all your family, including the extended branches, so we in the Eyres on the Road family encourage you to reach out to a grandparent or older loved one this week.

New Year Resolutions are common, but for kids, a new school year is a much larger landmark. So why not make goals for that year as well? Richard and Linda talk today about some age appropriate milestones kids can aim for, and how parents can help them achieve them.

After almost 50 years of marriage, Richard and Linda Eyre have a lot to look back on. Today they share a couple stories from their lives together and how being different people has helped their relationship. Mr. or Mrs. Right doesn't have to mean someone just like you. It's important to allow each other room to be individuals while staying united. This is episode number two in Richard and Linda's Top 20 Marriage and Relationship Tips. Watch for more tips on marriage-ing in the future.

Let's talk about talking. When marriages tend to struggle there are often five disagreements that come up: money, intimacy, parenting, goals, beliefs. In order to combat this, the Eyres are devoting a new series on marriage. If people can think of parenting as a verb that takes work, then marriaging should get the same treatment. So instead of being worried about those five things, think of them as the five things to communicate about for a healthy marriage. This is the first episode in a new series from Richard and Linda. Look out for more entries in the Top 20 Marriage and Relationship Tips in the future.

A secret code is supposed to stay a secret right? Well Richard and Linda are letting you in on the secret today. Communication and discipline can be tough, but this final entry in the Top Ten Parenting Tips series divulges the secret code that can help you more discretely talk to your kids; and in a fun way! For more info on 'the code' and for nurturing children you can visit valuesparenting.com/vp/nurturing/

The Eyres preach values based parenting every week on the show, but what are these values and how do you teach them to the children in your life? Today Richard and Linda share the story of their first book "Teaching Your Children Values". It explains a way to pick 12 important values and focus an entire month on each one. For online resources on the values that Richard and Linda chose you can visit ValuesParenting.com

On the heels of their big family reunion the Eyres' minds are on the members of your family you don't normally think about. These can be distant cousins, grandparents, or others that you spend your time with and love. Many call them an extended family, but the Eyres just call them Family.

Making decisions now can help make life, and parenting, easier in the future. Richard and Linda talk about teaching children what kind of choices they can make in advanced and what the benefits are to looking ahead so they're ready to face whatever may come.

Raising kids is hard especially with social media and this sense of entitlement children get now a days. Richard and Linda give tips on how to combat this sense of entitlement and raise kids to value hard work.  Here's a link to learn more about Family Economy

The top ten parenting tips have many functions in the family, today the Eyres share a good way to get the whole family on the same page. Business and companies have mission statements that keep them focused so why can't your family!

Richard and Linda discuss how important fathers and grandfathers are, and how dads are getting more involved in the home. They address five myths about fathers, including the myth that dads are dispensable! Here's a link to the article, Five Myths About Fathers and Family And the link to Richard's book, Being a Proactive Grandfather: How to Make a Difference

Today the Eyres discuss ways to organize your social media to help you be a better parent. Here is a quick overview of how to get your accounts to show you family related posts first: In Instagram: First make a list of family members you are following and of helpful Instagram parenting sources.  We suggest FamilyIsFound and RichardLindaEyre. Then, on each one: 1\. Go to their profile 2\. In the top right, tap ••• 3\. Tap Turn on Post Notifications or Turn on Story Notifications In Facebook: First make a list of family members you are following and of helpful Instagram parenting sources.  We suggest My Family and RichardLindaEyre. Then, on each one: 1\. Go to their profile 2\. Tap the following button 3\. Select See First to have their posts appear at the top of your news feed In Twitter: First make a list of family members you are following and of helpful Instagram parenting sources.  We suggest FamilyIsFound and RichardEyre. Then, on each one: Allow Twitter notifications on your device in your devi

Richard and Linda give hope to and admire the parents of young children. They give their advise on disciplining children in a way that is easier then having a daily power struggle and using a stream of empty threats.

Richard talks about mommy dates and daddy dates. He talks about the importance of having a regular schedule for these dates, to help kids look forward to the dates. Linda Joins for the second portion and brings up the idea of grandma dates and grandpa dates.