Parenting

Teens need frequent communication with parents to maintain youth resiliency after a divorce, study says

By Medical Xpress 02/20/2019 “…These findings are contrary to a similar 2008 study, which suggested that divorced co-parenting individuals should be cooperative to maintain children’s resiliency to divorce. …” Read the entire article: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-02-teens-frequent-parents-youth-resiliency.html

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Child-centred divorce: Set aside feelings about your ex and focus on what’s best for your kids

By Laura LaRocca – Orangeville 02/13/2019 “…We know that divorce can be tough on kids. It changes their family dynamics, living arrangements and routines. It can mean the loss of daily contact with one parent. Through it all, kids may worry that they are to blame for the divorce, or that mom and dad might

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EQUAL SHARED PARENTING: OPPONENTS HAVE NO CREDIBLE RESEARCH AND NO SUSTAINABLE ARGUMENTS

By Molly K. Olson – Mankato Times 02/05/2019 “…Opponents of equal shared parenting have no credible research to support their position. Over the past 20 years, opponents have spewed every possible objection they can cook up; no matter how farcical, they don’t hold back. …” Read the entire article: http://mankatotimes.com/2019/02/05/equal-shared-parenting-opponents-have-no-credible-research-and-no-sustainable-arguments/

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Exclusive: This app helps divorced parents stop fighting over custody and save money

By Lydia Dishman – Fast Company 01/17/2019 “… So Ellsworth combined her legal expertise with the technical expertise of entrepreneurs Jonathan Verk and Eric Weiss to create coParenter, an app aimed at helping families collaborate on custody arrangements, child support payments, holiday scheduling, and other issues without conflict. …” Read the entire article: https://www.fastcompany.com/90290963/this-app-helps-divorced-parents-stop-fighting-over-custody-and-save-money

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Mothers prefer daughters and fathers prefer sons – but the female bias is stronger, study says

By Daily Mail on 11/06/2018 “… Parents are supposed to love all their children equally – but subconsciously, they may be biased, a new study suggests.  Women really do prefer daughters, and men (slightly) prefer sons, according to new research from Finnish and American scientists.  …” Read the entire article: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6359139/Mothers-prefer-daughters-fathers-prefer-sons-female-bias-stronger-study-says.html?fbclid=IwAR3byWSEwfq1E1a_cRr8SH_UBrzDqOBxdLLcdGUBaIqzkDrUueASyg_q4oo

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Non-profit advocates for shared parenting technique during divorce

By KGET on 09/25/2018 “… “We currently have a very adversarial court system that often pits one parent against the other and I really firmly believe that children need, want and deserve both parents in their lives and currently that’s not happening in the current system that we have,” said Thompson. …” Read the entire article: https://www.kget.com/news/local-news/non-profit-advocates-for-shared-parenting-technique-during-divorce/1473501893

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‘Your father’s not your father’: when DNA tests reveal more than you bargained for

By The Guardian on 09/18/2018 “… It was May 2016, and she and her now husband had ordered the kits as very early Christmas presents for themselves. They had been researching their family trees – Michèle had traced her father’s family back as far as the 1600s – and had wanted to test their DNA but

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