BYU Education Week: Being positive to your spouse

Published: Monday, Aug. 24, 2009 2:02 p.m. MDT
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Bombarding your spouse with praise and cultivating charity are two things that will enhance just about any marriage, Mark D. Ogletree said in an Aug. 20 session of BYU Education Week.

Ogletree, a marriage and family therapist, taught the class "Thursday Is Showering with Positives" as the third installment of a four-part series called "Improve Your Marriage This Week."

According to Ogletree, praise works wonders in marriage because rewarded behavior continues (conversely, nagging always leads to resistance).

Read the full story via MormonTimes.com.

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