Family Reunion

Shift the Focus: Grandparents to the rescue — A generation of abandoned children

By Cecil Daily on 09/22/2017 “… Grandparents often play two roles when their children have a substance use illness. Last week’s column discussed how they can play the role of the “Giving Tree” within the family. This week, I would like to share a more positive role that they play. Grandparents are often the ones that […]

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Harmful Effects of Child-Custody Evaluations on Children

By Mediate on 03/2017 “… Child-custody evaluations have become commonplace in family-law disputes over living arrangements, parental decision-making, and time-sharing with offspring. A quarter century ago, I raised the issue that child-custody evaluations had no scientific validity.1 When I reviewed the literature again a decade ago, the lack of scientific validity remained unchanged, prompting me to

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Older Dads Are More Common Now

By DNA India on 09/18/2017 “… Women are not the only ones postponing having a family. Men too are increasingly veering towards this decision postponing fatherhood to a later stage in their lives or choosing to become a dad at an older age.  …” Read the entire article: http://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-older-dads-are-more-common-now-2546351

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Alexis Ohanian: Becoming a dad with Serena Williams is better than co-founding Reddit

By Mercury News on 09/19/2017 “… Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. may just be two weeks old but she has already made her mark in the world, redefining for her two massively successful parents, Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian, what it means to be accomplished, happy human beings. …” Read the entire article: http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/19/alexis-ohanian-becoming-a-dad-with-serena-williams-is-better-than-co-founding-reddit/

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Parenting tip from Nina Corpuz: Don’t be too hard on yourself

By ABS CBN News on 09/20/2017 “… “You know, a lot of moms like me, we tend to be hard on ourselves because of all the pressure around us, especially with social media and all that,” Corpuz told ABS-CBN News before giving birth to her third child. …” Read the entire article: http://news.abs-cbn.com/life/09/20/17/parenting-tip-from-nina-corpuz-dont-be-too-hard-on-yourself

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Parental Alienation Awareness stands with Million Parent March

By Your Erie on 09/18/2017 “… The Million Parent March was held in Washington DC today to raise awareness on an issue known as ‘parental alienation’.   Here in Erie, a group called, ‘Parental Alienation Awareness, PA’ held their own rally outside the Erie County Courthouse. …” Read the entire article: http://www.yourerie.com/news/local-news/parental-alienation-awareness-stands-with-million-parent-march/813760092

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Use an “Equality Calculator” to See if You and Your Partner are Sharing the Parenting Load Equally

By Offspring on 09/11/2017 “… Enter Equally Shared Parenting, a website run by Marc and Amy Vachon, the authors of Equally Shared Parenting: Rewriting the Rules for a New Generation of Parents. They are (obviously) proponents of dividing the load equally, and to that end they offer “equality calculators,” or worksheets for child care, housekeeping, breadwinning, and “self time,” as well

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Fifty–fifty split best for children of divorce, study suggests

By Science Daily 0n 08/07/2017 “… Preschool children in joint physical custody have less psychological symptoms than those who live mostly or only with one parent after a separation. In a new study of 3,656 children, researchers from Uppsala University, Karolinska Institutet and the research institute CHESS show that 3-5-year-olds living alternately with their parents after

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Proposed bill would give divorced parents equal time with kids

By TC Times on 09/08/2017 “… One proposed Michigan bill, which would give parents equal time with their children in the case of a divorce, passed the House Judiciary Committee in late June. …” Read the entire article: http://www.tctimes.com/news/proposed-bill-would-give-divorced-parents-equal-time-with-kids/article_f0b0833e-94ba-11e7-a820-07c56ff4d0b3.html

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