Whether by disease, accident, murder or suicide, losing a child is one of the worst experiences a person could face. Another tragedy that ranks at the top of the list is having a missing child. Strangers abduct a small percentage of these children. Most are abducted by one of their parents.
There’s one type of [...]
Marc and Amy are a married couple who practice Equally Shared Parenting. They’ve gotten some attention lately, even being mentioned in Italy. Last June their story was covered in the NY Times magazine. Recently they inspired Viv and and her husband Simon to try 50/50 parenting for a week:
A fair share?
An American scheme claims to have found a way to [...]
Swedish Blogger In America:
In the event families separate and children are involved, child custody, support and visitation also has guidelines. More than 90% of children from separated homes in Sweden have parents that share custody and visitation 50-50. Normally, the parents can decide on the amount of child support to be paid by the non-custodial [...]
A WOMAN from Rotherfield Peppard has made The Times’ list of the top 10 “mummy bloggers”
Ms Moulton, who split from Ella’s father and is to marry her new partner John Higgs, 40, a heating engineer, next month, said: “It is a sad fact that marriages and relationships break up but I want to reach [...]
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“We’ve seen the impact that fathers make on a child’s life. In the past, it had been the idea that the father is the breadwinner, and the mother stayed home and took care of the kids. That thinking has changed,” said Larry L. Klinger, who oversees family and community programs for the intermediate unit. “Changing [...]
The State of Minnesota is considering whether in divorce cases, joint physical custody should be the starting point. This reflects a significant change in the thinking about what’s best for children after a divorce.
Back in the 1970s, mothers usually got custody. Joint custody was a strange experiment. Thirty years later, one family looks back on [...]
I’m from South Africa, my children are 11 and 7 and I share custody with my ex. We have a parenting plan in place and the kids live one week with me and one week with my ex-husband. We’ve come a long way - five years of bitter arguing, and now a solution that works. [...]
Co-parenting - by “a caring mom”
I’ve been in a co-parenting position for almost 2 years now. I have a 3 ½ year old daughter. She was born to two parents who love her more than anything in life. Sadly, the relationship between her father and I did not work out. There are many reasons for [...]
