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Why you don’t need to be ‘manly’ to be a good dad

By Evening Standard on 10/12/2017 “… It wasn’t an allergic reaction to responsibility and commitment that deterred me from rushing towards fatherhood. It was the suspicion that I did not have what it takes to be a great dad. …” Read the entire article: https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/why-you-dont-need-to-be-manly-to-be-a-good-dad-a3655281.html

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Building Bonds With Your Kids Despite Limited Visitation

By Dads Divorce “…Unfortunately, depending on your parenting plan or visitation schedule, you might only have a limited amount of time to spend with your child during any given week. Many common custody arrangements leave divorced dads feeling shortchanged as they struggle to remain actively involved in their child’s life. …” Read the entire article: https://dadsdivorce.com/articles/building-bonds-kids-despite-limited-visitation/

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Parents of teenage daughters are more likely to divorce, a new study shows — but why?

By ABC on 09/27/2017 “… Our new data analysis finds parents with daughters are slightly more likely to separate than those with sons, but only during the teenage years. And it’s the strained relationship between parents and their daughters that might bring a couple to breaking point. …” Read the entire article: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-27/parents-of-teenage-daughters-more-likely-to-divorce-study/8992744

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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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