While researchers have known that marital conflict can cause behavioral problems among children of school age, new findings suggest acrimony can lead to sleep difficulties in infants.Specifically, researchers found that marital instability when the child was nine months old was …
We have role models for everything. Not that Oscar-winning "Braveheart" director and "Lethal Weapon" actor Mel Gibson counts these days, but before 2009 he had a 28-year-marriage that produced seven children and some respectability. Then he turned his life around. …
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Divorce carries with it a stigma, a harrowing possibility that life will never be as good as it was. Especially for the fathers, because so often the children are court bound to spend the majority of their time in the …
It seems today that there is no longer a stigma of having a child out of wedlock--not only a trend among celebrities, but also increasingly common amongst everyday couples. Not only a trend seen in the young and poor, it …
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The decision to divorce wasn't an easy one, but unless there's abuse or some other horrific situation it really shouldn't be, especially if you have kids. Still, once you've exhausted all other options to salvage a marriage, once you know …
Mother's Day -- A special day set aside to celebrate our mothers and grandmothers. On the surface this seems easy enough -- buy a card, some flowers and perhaps prepare dinner. It is also a fun day for the younger …
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Research published last month in Child Trends reported that happy marriages generally result in happy children. I was asked by a reader if children with any type of physical, emotional or developmental problems cause unhappy marriages. Research has focused on …
Recently a reader asked me an interesting question regarding divorcing parents. He wondered if it was harder on younger children, or on adult children. We naturally assume that it would be heartbreaking for young children, but that by the time …
Like any multibillion industry, parenthood took a hit in the recession. A 2009 FindLaw study found one in five Americans are delaying "major life decisions" like getting married and having children because of the poor economy. No wonder: It costs …
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Generally, there are two things that impair a person's ability to make good decisions through a divorce. The first is the emotional state of the soon-to-be-exes. Most divorcing people have periods of feeling overwhelmed by fear, anger, sadness and other …
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