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Parental Alienation Is Child Abuse Say Researchers Of Child Development

Parental Alienation / September 4, 2019

By The Good Men Project 08/26/2019 “… Based on new understandings of how family relationships fundamentally affect child development and wellbeing, three researchers, Jennifer Jill Harman, Edward Kruk and Denise A Hines are arguing that parental alienation—a deliberate attempt to break a child-parent relationship—should be classified as child abuse. …” Read the entire article: https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/parental-alienation-is-child-abuse-say-researchers-of-child-development/

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How to Co-Parent Successfully When You Are Separated or Divorced

Parenting / September 4, 2019

By Lambeth Hochwald – NYMetroParents 09/03/19 “… If you’re separated or divorced, you know how important it is to make a plan for sharing time with your child. However, this isn’t always easy, and can lead to frustration or even anger when schedules don’t match, kids feel like a go-between, or parents play good-cop, bad-cop.

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Kentucky’s joint-custody law leads to decline in family court cases

Family Law Issues / September 4, 2019

By Matt Hale – Courier Journal 08/30/19 “… Last year, Kentucky passed the nation’s first complete “shared parenting law,” which was called the state’s most popular law of the year. The law created a starting point that both parents have equal child custody time if the parents are fit caregivers. …” Read the entire article: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/2019/08/30/kentuckys-joint-custody-law-leads-decline-family-court-cases/2158216001/

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What to Do When Parental Alienation Leads to Estrangement

Parental Alienation / August 28, 2019

By Christine Hammond – PsychCentral 08/26/19 Unbeknownst to him, his ex-wife ramped up her accusations telling them that their dad abandoned them and he wanted a new life away from everyone. The parental alienation escalated to the point that the kids no longer want to even speak to their dad on the phone. After a

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Lack of sleep isn’t why kids become criminals – it’s missing fathers

Single Parenthood / August 28, 2019

By Dennis Malloy – New Jersey 101.5 08/21/19 “We know the statistics — that children who grow up without a father are five times more likely to live in poverty and commit crime; nine times more likely to drop out of schools and 20 times more likely to end up in prison,” Obama said. “They

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Kentucky Conference to Explore Issues of Family Alienation and Shared Child Custody

Parental Alienation / August 28, 2019

By Yahoo Finance 08/22/2019 “… Making matters worse are the lack of laws and court systems that result in family cases being handled more like a financial lawsuit than one with the best interest of the child and overall family. Children are, sadly, in many cases, treated as win-or-lose objects. …” Read the entire article: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kentucky-conference-explore-issues-family-210500683.html

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A Thought About Single Parenting

Parenting / August 28, 2019

By Henry Racette – Ricochet 08/25/2019 “… I believe that people come in precisely two sexes, male and female, that men and women are different, and that children benefit from the presence of both a mother and a father in their lives. …” Read the entire article: https://ricochet.com/666576/a-thought-about-single-parenting/

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Fathers have important role to play in parenting

Fatherhood / August 28, 2019

By The Straits Times 08/26/2019 “… A father taking an active role in parenting does impact a child’s self-esteem and ability to build trusting relationships with others, which in turn influences the child’s perceptions of life. …” Read the entire article: https://www.straitstimes.com/forum/letters-in-print/fathers-have-important-role-to-play-in-parenting

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Darcare Warriors Avoid Inconvenient Truths

Parenting / August 28, 2019

By Robert Franklin – Men’s E-News 08/21/2019 “… His thesis – that the science on how kids fare in daycare is “mixed” – is unarguable. Indeed, it’s hard to imagine any aspect of human life that involves tens of millions of children that’s not “mixed.” …” Read the entire article: http://mensenews.org/parenting-articles/item/125-daycare-warriors-avoid-inconvenient-truths.html

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After a divorce, only one parent can claim child-related tax breaks

Family Law Issues / August 8, 2019

By Bill Bischoff – MarketWatch 08/05/2019 “… For tax purposes, a child is usually treated as “belonging” to the parent who has custody for the greater part of the year. That parent is called the custodial parent. The other parent is called the noncustodial parent. …” Read the entire article: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/which-divorced-parent-can-claim-child-related-tax-breaks-2019-08-05

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