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Must My Son Be a Feminist?

By Psychology Today 06/09/2017 “…I feel like a broken record, always mentioning the fact that I have three sons and five grandsons. But I don’t think there is anything that defines me more. As someone whose academic interest in gender issues began when I only had two sons and no grandsons, the fact that I am not […]

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Institute For Family Studies Has No Clue About Shared Parenting, Opposes It Anyway

By National Parents Organization on 06/04/2017 “…I find I must take a short detour from reporting on the International Conference on Shared Parenting. Why? For two reasons. The first is that the conference so powerfully made the case for shared parenting that this article was impossible for me to allow to stand (IF Studies, 6/2/17). Second, the

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Dealing with a parent who won’t let you see your children

By Marilyn Stowe on 06/02/2017 “…Typically one parent, normally the principal or main carer, embarks on a pattern of behaviour, with a view to ensuring that the children concerned do not want to see their other parent. This can include making allegations of physical and sexual abuse against the other parent, or convincing the children

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Parental alienation: A call to change parenting culture — and law

By Wealthy Single Mommy on 06/06/2017 “…On this Like a Mother episode I interview film maker Ginger Gentile, whose latest project is called Erasing Family, a documentary about parental alienation, focused on the now-adult children who grew up without knowing a parent, siblings, or extended family thanks to the wishes of another parent, and a court system historically designed

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Traditional families harmed by trade shocks, men’s falling “marriage-market value”

By AJC on 05/05/2017 “…Perhaps marriage is a matter of romance, an amalgam of love and chemistry, a choice made for reasons spiritual, soulful and biological. But perhaps there’s some economics involved. The loss of manufacturing jobs has made men—especially rural men—less valuable as marital partners leading to a decline in rates of marriage and an increase

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After divorce, shared parenting is best for children’s health and development

By Stat News on 05/26/2017 “…Toward the end of the 20th century, divorce decrees offered children visits with their father every other weekend. The term visits captured the transformation of dad into something like an uncle, where the children are guests in his home. …” Read the entire article: https://www.statnews.com/2017/05/26/divorce-shared-parenting-children-health/

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Do Daughters Bring Out a Dad’s ‘Softer Side’?

By Medline Plus on 05/25/2017 “…Fathers are not only more attentive to little girls, a new study finds, they’re also more accepting of their feelings. Dads sing more to their daughters, play harder with their sons and speak to their little ones in strikingly different — and important — ways. …” Read the entire article: https://medlineplus.gov/news/fullstory_165950.html

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‘There’s been a seismic social shift’: Why it’s now MEN who say they’ve been destroyed by divorce – while their wives are quick to bounce back

By Daily Mail on 05/17/2017 “…‘Divorce destroyed me. I feel an enormous sense of failure that I’ll never fully get over,’ says David, 56. And what of his former wife, Dawn, whose affair sparked the end of their 17-year marriage? To describe her as ‘coping’ seems something of an understatement. …” Read the entire article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4516142/Why-s-MEN-say-ve-destroyed-divorce.html#ixzz4i2Z2uO1N

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