Some experts are concluding that divorce is neither good nor bad. Allen Li, associate director of the Population Research Center at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California, says it depends on the individual marriages and the family.
Though Li’s findings contrast with a lot of research on the effects divorce has on children. Some […]
I just read an interesting op-ed piece in the Boston Globe about shared parenting in MA.
Divorcemag makes a good case about the effects of fatherless homes and the lack of a father figure in a child’s life.
According to their findings, fatherless homes account for:
-63 percent of youth suicides
-90 percent of homeless/runaway children
-85 percent […]
A study conducted by the University of Alberta found that divorce does not change parenting behavior. And that there are more similarities than differences in parenting between recently divorced couples and those that are married.
What is the long term affect of divorce on parenting over the course of a child’s upbringing? If a parent has […]
In an article by the UK’s TimesOnline.com, author Simon Baker relates his own divorce story woes and how he turned them around to make the best of the situation. In this article, he gives some helpful hints that he discovered along the way that can also be found in his book, How to be […]
In an effort to strengthen fathers’ roles in their families, Garfield County, CO has created a service program to address this very issue. Named The Family Connection/Responsible Fathers program, it will provide several useful services to better educate dads, including parenting classes, mediation, job search assistance, and referrals to agencies providing substance abuse, domestic […]