Fatherhood

Announcing a Divorce: How to Talk to Highly Emotional Kids

By ADDitude Magazine, 10/30/2023 “…The details of your separation should be decided before involving your kids, if possible. All children want predictability and routine, and these are especially important for kids with ADHD. Give your kids structure for their upcoming weeks and assure them that many aspects of their routines will remain the same…” Read

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Trends in Parenting Plans and the Impact of COVID on Parenting Time

By Law, 09/22/2023 “…In the past, a noncustodial parent could typically expect only to be granted visitation every other weekend and a mid-week dinner or overnight stay. However, changes in how society, and in turn the courts, view the strong need to preserve and grow a child’s relationship with both parents after divorce have affected

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Holiday co-parenting after separation or divorce: 6 legal and practical tips for surviving and thriving

By The Conversation, 12/04/2023 “…Proactive planning can help prevent our families from adding to the backlog in the family courts. It can also keep your money in your own holiday present budget and out of the pockets of lawyers like me…” Read the entire article: https://theconversation.com/holiday-co-parenting-after-separation-or-divorce-6-legal-and-practical-tips-for-surviving-and-thriving-213600

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Why Two Parents Are the Ultimate Privilege

By The Free Press, 12/09/2023 “…Melissa Kearney is an economist at the University of Maryland and her new book, The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind, argues that declining marriage rates in America—and the corresponding rise in children being raised in single parent households—are driving many of the country’s biggest

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Keeping Kids Front and Center During Separation and Divorce

By Psychology Today, 09/12/2023 “…Prioritizing your children is crucial during these difficult months (and years) to ensure the healthy emotional development of your children. Here are some tips to remind you of your children’s needs…” Read the entire article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/a-better-divorce/202308/keeping-kids-front-and-center-during-separation-and-divorce

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The Rise of Father Absence and Its Attendant Social Ills

By Quillette, 03/07/2023 “…Men’s investment in their children is one of the most remarkable features of the human family. Such investment might not seem unusual to readers with engaged fathers, and it might seem wanting in comparison to mothers’ investment, but it is an evolutionary riddle, nonetheless…” Read the entire article: https://quillette.com/2023/03/07/the-rise-of-father-absence/

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National Fatherless Children’s Day – June 25, 2023

By National Today, 06/25/2022 “…National Fatherless Children’s Day occurs every fourth Sunday in June, and this year’s date is June 25. It acknowledges the impact of fatherlessness on children and families. It also seeks to raise awareness about the detrimental consequences that fatherlessness has on children and communities around the world…” Read the entire article: https://nationaltoday.com/national-fatherless-childrens-day/

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Dads who are involved in their sons’ upbringing also shape their testosterone. And this could have big implications for paternal care

By ZME Science, 06/02/2022 “…Case in point, a new study found that boys whose fathers were present and involved with their upbringing when they were teens had lower testosterone levels when they later became fathers in their own turn, compared to boys who lived in households with an absent father…” Read the entire article: https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/dads-who-are-involved-in-their-sons-upbringing-also-shape-their-testosterone-and-this-could-have-big-implications-for-paternal-care/  

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