Post-divorce is a turbulent time in one’s life. There are too many tasks and too little time to get everything done. It takes less energy to plop down on the couch and view...
08/30/2022
It takes six years before new parents get a good night’s sleep again, according to a new study. Because even once the night feedings end, children still wake up sick and have...
08/14/2022
“The siblings are always forgotten,” says Lynn McDonald, referring to her daughter Ellie, who is 11, as we discuss Lynn’s role as carer for youngest daughter, Daisy, who is...
08/07/2022
How to prepare a child for the death of a parent by cancer 4th February 2019 Advice , blog It will inevitably be very difficult for children and young people when a parent is...
07/28/2022
Our research suggests that positive parenting characterized by high levels of dialogue may work as a protective factor against Internet Abuse in particular. Across 25 European...
07/20/2022
For dads, life lessons come in all shapes and sizes. Some are simple: don’t change a baby facing the wind. Others are more complex: Your moods effect your kids in ways you can’t...
06/24/2022
Shorthand is convenient, but sometimes it confuses. In the game of telephone, by which ideas evolve through repetition and iteration across generations, words can take on new...
06/23/2022
In the New York Times today, Christina Cross writes about “The Myth of the Two-Parent Home.” Her overall point is the single-parent homes aren’t the hellholes they’re made out...
06/22/2022
As a single mother, I thought I was programmed to relish time to myself. It was a hangover from the intensity of the baby and toddler years. Given the opportunity, I’d very...
05/21/2022
Given that one in four children now grow up in one-parent homes and that 42% of marriages end in divorce you might expect prejudice against single parents to be a thing of the...
05/12/2022
Child support data from the Census Bureau reveals that the new fatherhood is not benefiting the 18 million boys and girls who reside with their birth mothers but not their...
05/11/2022
Policymakers must recognize that social and psychological problems in youth may manifest themselves at school but have their origins in family situations over which the school...
05/01/2022