Family Reunion

Child custody streamlining bill given final approval with Rep. Flick’s amendment

By NCPA Staff, 07/17/2025 “…Flick’s own bill, House Bill 1499 aims to make 50/50 custody the default as long as both parents are deemed fit. The legislation currently has 27 co-sponsors with notable bipartisan support…” Read the entire article: https://www.northcentralpa.com/news/child-custody-streamlining-bill-given-final-approval-with-rep-flicks-amendment/article_ccdf8a12-5d66-4a5a-8c8b-b61571220d70.html

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New York parents fight insurance denial for baby’s life-saving brain surgery

By Rob Petree and Russel Falcon, 08/08/2025 “…While Cam’s parents are still devastated by the coverage denial, they say they won’t give up fighting for their son. A GoFundMe for the Casacci Family was created by  Alyssa’s best friend, Taryn Nichols. The fund has so far raised just over $39,000 of its $100,000 goal. …”

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The ‘harmful pseudo-science’ infecting Sheffield’s family courts

By Jessica Bradley, 08/09/2025 “…he described PAS as being when “children are preoccupied with deprecation and criticism of a parent — denigration that is unjustified and/or exaggerated.” It comes about by children being “brainwashed” by the other parent (the “programmer”)…” Read the entire article: https://www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/the-harmful-pseudo-science-infecting-sheffields-family-courts/ 

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Save the Date Advancing Equity in Prostate Cancer Free St. Louis Town Hall Event – August 26th

Join us Tuesday, August 26, 2025 5:30 – 7:30 for an open and honest conversation about prostate cancer and why it is still being diagnosed too late. Whether you know a little, a lot, or nothing at all about prostate cancer, this event is for you. Read the entire article: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/k2ecaww/lp/f32a9c4e-8277-44b1-8061-c69cfcdcec37

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Parenting after divorce: Radio star Robert Rakete’s secret to blended family success

By The House of Wellness radio show, 07/04/2025 “…For Rakete, successful co-parenting isn’t about complicated strategies or perfect planning, it’s about a fundamental perspective. “At the heart of it is always what’s the best thing for the kids,” he explains…” Read the entire article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/wellbeing/360740223/broadcaster-robert-rakete-talks-blended-families 

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Divorce In Decline: About 40% of Today’s Marriages Will End In Divorce

By Grant Bailey, Lyman Stone, and Brad Wilcox, 07/24/2025 “…Marital stability looks much different than it did 30 years ago. Using the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), we found that new marriages are stronger today than every decade since the 1950s…” Read the entire article: https://ifstudies.org/blog/divorce-in-decline-about-40-of-todays-marriages-will-end-in-divorce

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Rights of separated parents would be seized under bill. Courts have too much power. | Opinion

By Anthony Slosser, 06/12/2025 “…because policy statements are not enforceable by law, our courts have established a culture wherein the child’s relationship with one parent is often fostered at the expense of the other. Though consistently denied by professionals within the family law sphere, this culture is exposed by two main truths…” Read the entire

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SubscriberWrites: Parental alienation– A silent mental health crime against children which no one talks about

By Shailesh Saksena, 07/25/2025 “…He defined it as a syndrome where one parent distances the child from the other parent by engaging the child in a series of manipulation techniques to denigrate the other parent, primarily observed in the context of child custody disputes in family courts…” Read the entire article: https://theprint.in/yourturn/subscriberwrites-parental-alienation-a-silent-mental-health-crime-against-children-which-no-one-talks-about/2702057/ 

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Walker Larson: Is It time to admit that divorce hurts kids big time?

By Walker Larson, 07/28/2025 “…The magnitude of the effects—a 35 to 55 percent increase in mortality and up to a 63 percent increase in teen births—underscores how divorce can dramatically reshape children’s outcomes, potentially through changes in resources, supervision, and family dynamics…” Read the entire article: https://1819news.com/culture/walker-larson-is-it-time-to-admit-that-divorce-hurts-kids-big-time

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Divorce has long-term impact for children, study finds

By News Nation Now, 5/27/2025 “… Childhood divorce, specifically for young children, can lead to significantly greater challenges later in life, new research suggests. Children who experience parental divorce at age 5 or younger face lower incomes, an increase in teenage pregnancy, death at a young age and incarceration, according to economists from the University

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