Helpful Website Resources for Premarital and Married Couples, and Families

CYFERnet – www.cyfernet.org

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Fighting for Your Marriage- the PREP Approach www.prepinc.com

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Health and Age – www.healthandage.com

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Marriage Alive – www.marriagealive.org

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Marriage and Couple Relationship Website – http://citnews.unl.edu/marriage/

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Marriage Builders – www.marriagebuilders.com

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Michele Weiner Davis – www.divorcebusting.com

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National Council on Family Relations – www.ncfr.org

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PREPARE/ENRICH Program – www.lifeinnovations.com

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Real Relationships- www.realrelationships.com

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Smart Marriages – www.smartmarriages.com

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Stepfamily Association of America – www.saafamilies.org

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Focus on the Family – www.focusonthefamily.com

Provides short and comprehensive articles on various topics relating to marriage. Offers podcasts, times for broadcasts, newsletters, online community and bookstore. One of the main selling points of this website is that you can create a personalized webpage and e-newsletter for your family.

Crown Financial Ministries – www.crown.org

Offers financial resources and tools for financial planning. Locate local budget coaches, read articles concerning financial “hot topics”, listen to free downloadable podcasts on finances. Sells financial literature for couples along with a newsletter.

Blended Families – www.blended-families.com/

Addresses the issues encountered by blended families through a myriad of literature, free newsletter, booking for seminars, remarriage coaching by trained professionals and teleclasses.

Parent Trust For Washington Children – www.parenttruts.org

Comprehensive advice index on a variety of parenting categories (i.e. child development, early learning, health safety, stress management etc…). Also an online video about planning for a family, other options are ideas for fun family activities, education resources (telephone support, new parent services, child and teen services, notifications of community events). Lists books and local classes.

FamilyFun.com – http://familyfun.go.com/

A site filled with fun activities that the whole family can participate in such as game ideas, crafts, how-to videos, travel resources etc…

National Healthy Marriage Resource Center – http://www.healthymarriageinfo.org/

Specializes in providing research, statistics, information about national programs, initiatives and provides an “online library for resources related to research and issues impacting Healthy Marriage.”

FindingStone Counseling Center: A Family Stress Test - http://www.findingstone.com/services/tests/familystresstest.htm

A measurement to help evaluate family stress levels.

Central Oregon Family Resource Center – http://www.frconline.org/about.html

Offers resources for parents and families living in Oregon, other resources are parenting education, community resources and referrals.