I rarely, if ever, pitch any of my books in the articles I write. But I’m making an exception this time since it would be foolish to address this new research without offering a solution. As it happens, I’ve spent the last several years creating a remedy to the very problem this study addresses.

According to a longitudinal study published this week (in which more than 7,000 mothers and their biological children were studied beginning in 1979) children tend to follow their mother’s example when it comes to their romantic relationships. Whatever choices and behaviors a mother exhibits in her love life, her children will likely exhibit as well.