One way I have found to spend time with my teenage daughter is to binge-watch "Grey’s Anatomy" and "Modern Family." I find it funny that "Grey’s" is so enticing for her as I used to binge-watch it myself before she was born. In fact, "Grey’s" is one of the longest-running American television series. There are multiple reasons to be drawn into the show—the medical plot lines, the attractive actors, the plot twists and turns. Similarly, we love to binge-watch "Modern Family," another one of America’s long-running shows, which also draws one in through the attractive actors and plot twists, as well as humor. But, I would argue, one of the most enduring qualities of both shows is the theme of relationship repair.

Relationship repair is central in psychology, as well as other disciplines, and is studied extensively. Repair is an essential skill for maintaining close relationships. It's the ability to mend fractures........

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