Parenting

By Dads Divorce  “…The state recently passed HB 492, setting the presumption of joint custody and equal parenting time for temporary child custody orders, which are the starting point for separating families. From now on, children will see both their parents equally in the time between when the temporary order is issued and when permanent custody […]

By Sequim Gazette on 07/26/2017 “…It is in the early years that the lesson about sharing begins. Again, this one is not difficult for most parents to discuss with their child but not all do. Certainly this subject comes up by necessity in homes with more than one child. It also comes up when your

By Babble  “…When Brittney Johnson’s daughter Payton was only 2 years old, Johnson took her to a playground to do one of the most difficult things a mother can do: She took her to meet the woman that she’d be sharing Payton with — Kayla Imhoff, her ex’s new girlfriend. …” Read the entire article: https://www.babble.com/parenting/brittney-johnson-co-parenting-with-ex-new-girlfriend/

By Straits Times on 07/08/2017 “…Among those not dating seriously, 42 per cent are leaving dating to chance. As for those seeking potential partners, more are comfortable with online dating and dating apps, and more of them have met their partners this way. …” Read the entire article: http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/more-young-singles-do-not-intend-to-marry-and-more-have-not-dated-seriously-marriage-and

By National Post on 05/31/2017 “…I can recommend one safe policy position that Scheer should support: equal shared parenting (ESP) as the legal default following parental separations. ESP was a plank in Stephen Harper’s platform back in 2004, and to my knowledge was never officially abrogated. Yet, not only did Harper fail to address it

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

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

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/

By Dads Divorce “…Backed by numerous studies, supporters have pushed for revisions to family law statutes so that children of divorce are given equal access to each parent. Historically, courts have utilized a sole custody model in which one parent is awarded primary custody while the other is essentially sidelined as a secondary parent and only