It would be great if everything went smoothly and on schedule, but it is not likely to work quite that easily.

Every family encounters crises—those moments in which our choices either move our family in an upward direction or create additional, perhaps more serious, problems to address. Crisis is best viewed as an opportunity paired with danger; as the term implies our response to these moments are critical to our further success.

transitional challenges and opportunities for the new family—dating and courtship, becoming a couple and blending resources, having young children, and establishing proper sexual relations as a couple while teaching children proper principles and boundaries.