Families are in crisis this back-to-school season. Your gift today can give them hope and guidance.

Urgent Need: As the back-to-school season begins, more parents are reaching out for biblical help, but giving has slowed and Focus on the Family is facing a $2 million ministry shortfall.
Will you make a gift before August 31 to help provide Christ-centered support in this critical season?
$
Please enter a valid amount

Families are in crisis this back-to-school season

Your gift by August 31 will help reach them with biblical guidance, restore hope in their homes, and point them to Christ.

Families are in crisis this back-to-school season

Urgent Need: As the back-to-school season begins, families are facing mounting pressure—tough choices, cultural confusion, and strained relationships.

Will you make a gift before August 31 to help provide Christ-centered support in this critical season?

$
Please enter a valid amount

Families are in crisis this back-to-school season

Search

Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott

Dr. Les Parrott is a clinical psychologist and his wife, Dr. Leslie Parrott, is a marriage and family therapist. They work together as a team to offer marriage and parenting help through their popular speaking engagements and writing. They address audiences in 40 cities a year and are New York Times best-selling authors whose books have sold more than two million copies. Their works include The Good FightHealthy Me, Healthy Us; Crazy Good Sex; and the award-winning Saving Your Marriage Before it Starts. Learn more about the Parrotts by visiting their website, lesandleslie.com.

Focus on the Family Broadcast logo

How to Fight Fair (Part 2 of 2)

Husband-and-wife counseling team Les and Leslie Parrott illustrate how healthy conflict can strengthen marriage and offer practical advice for couples on learning how to fight fair. (Part 2 of 2)

Focus on the Family Broadcast logo

How to Fight Fair (Part 1 of 2)

Marriage coaches Les and Leslie Parrott offer practical advice on how spouses can avoid destructive conflict and learn to “fight a good fight” that will strengthen, rather than damage, their relationship.

A couple shares a playful moment, embodying how to bring humor into your marriage. The man smiles widely as the woman playfully leans on his back, both laughing together in a lighthearted and affectionate manner.

Bringing Humor Into Your Marriage

The more you laugh together, the more you love your spouse.

Fighting fair is key to resolving conflicts in marriage. A young couple sits on the couch with their backs to each other.

Learn to Fight Fair in Your Marriage

If you cultivate a cooperative attitude with your spouse, you will save yourself a lot of grief. And you will have found the secret to fighting a good fight.

A man and woman invest in friendship in their marriage by playfully feeding each other sweets.

Friendship in Marriage

You can find volumes on romance, intimacy and passion in marriage — not much on being good friends as husband and wife. But couples can ignite their love life by boosting the quality of their friendship.

Logo for Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast

Making Your Marriage Happy Now and Later, Part 6

Celebrating your spouse shouldn’t just happen on anniversaries but as part of your everyday life. Through simple acts of kindness, your marriage can go to the next level. John, Greg and Erin talk discuss the importance of celebrating your spouse.