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ANCHOR LEAD
EXPECTING A BABY? CHANCES ARE YOU'RE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME... AND MONEY...
GEARING UP FOR YOUR NEW ADDITION...
BUT HEADS UP! WHILE THIS TIME MAY BE FILLED WITH JOY... RESEARCH SHOWS IT
MAY ALSO BE FILLED WITH ENOUGH STRESS TO CAUSE A MARITAL MELTDOWN. CAN THIS
BE AVOIDED? HERE'S ______________.
NAT SOT Length:05
"I feel like I'm failing a little bit."
"I'm okay...but I'm frustrated."
TRACK ONE Length
:05
TYPICAL GRIPES FROM NEW PARENTS. BUT COMMON COMPLAINTS LIKE THESE CAN LEAD
TO BIG TROUBLES.
SOT
KEY @ :12 Pam Jordan, Parenting Educator
"There are a growing number of studies that are revealing to us that,
indeed, this is a stressful time."
TRACK TWO Length
:15
SOURCES: Interventions to Ease the Transition to Parenthood
By Carolyn Pape Cowan and Philip A. Cowan.
Parenthood and marital satisfaction: A meta-analytic review Twenge, Jean M;
Campbell, W Keith; Foster, Craig A 1 August 2003
Journal of Marriage and Family
574 Volume 65; Issue 3; ISSN: 00222445.
IN FACT, IN ONE STUDY HALF OF COUPLES WITH NEW BABIES ADMITTED THEIR MARRIAGE
IS UNDER A GREAT DEAL OF STRAIN.
IN ANOTHER...PARENTS REPORTED LOWER MARITAL SATISFACTION THAN NON-PARENTS.
HILLARY AND JUSTIN RYAN AREN'T AT ALL SURPRISED BY THE FINDINGS SINCE BABY
TARA'S ARRIVAL....
SOT
KEY @ :35 Justin Ryan, New Father
"We've had times of sleep deprivation..."
SOT
NO KEY (too quick) Hillary Ryan, New Mother
"We don't necessarily always connect with each other."
TRACK THREE Length
:04
AND THAT LACK OF CONNECTION, EXPERTS SAY, CAN PULL COUPLES APART.
SOT
KEY @ :44 Diane Sollee, Smart Marriages
"Everything changes --their roles change, their finances change,
and what changes the most is the intensity of their disagreements."
TRACK FOUR Length
:13
DISAGREEMENTS OVER SPLITTING THE CHORES...SPENDING TIME ALONE...AND THE BIG
ONE... PROVIDING FINANCIALLY FOR THE NEW ADDITION.
DIANE SOLLEE (SO-lee) HEADS UP SMART MARRIAGES...A RESOURCE GROUP FOR PARENTS.
SHE SAYS THE PRESSURE TO BUY CAN BE UNBEARABLE.
SOT
NO KEY
"I could not believe how much stuff there is..."
TRACK FIVE Length :08
EXPERTS SAY PARENTS SHOULD RESIST BUYING ALL THE LATEST GADGETS AND GIZMOS...REDUCE
THE FINANCIAL PRESSURE AND YOU'LL ENJOY YOUR NEW BABY AND STRENGTHEN YOUR
MARRIAGE.
SOT
KEY @ 1:18 Pam Jordan, Parenting Educator
"What they need to do first is take care of their couple relationship."
TRACK SIX Length
:09
ONE WAY YOU CAN DO THAT? TAKE A CLASS.
PAM JORDAN TEACHES A COURSE WHERE COUPLES LEARN WHAT IT TAKES TO BRING A BABY
INTO THE WORLD AND PRESERVE THE RELATIONSHIP, TOO.
NAT SOT
(Hillary Ryan,New Mother)
"We wanted to be proactive."
TRACK SEVEN Length
:03
THAT'S WHY HILLARY AND JUSTIN EAGERLY SIGNED UP.
SOT
NO KEY(Justin Ryan, New Father)
"Our relationship is very important to Tara."
ANCHOR TAG
www.smartmarriages.com
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN FINDING A MARRIAGE EDUCATION CLASS, YOU CAN VISIT
SMART MARRIAGES-DOT-COM TO GET STARTED.
SOURCES
Diane Sollee
Smart Marriages
5310 Belt Rd NW
Washington, DC 20015-1961
Email: Diane@smartmarriages.com
(email is best way to reach her)
202-362-3332
Diane is the Founder and Director of Smart Marriages, which serves as an information exchange and clearinghouse to help couples locate marriage and relationship courses.
Pam Jordan
Becoming Parents
Overlake Hospital
Bellevue, WA
206-685-9244
Pam heads up the Becoming Parents program at University of Washington. The course not only teaches parenting basics, but prepares parents-to-be for the changes in their marriage.
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