A modern man’s perspective on why marriage isn’t dead. In “I Don’t,” their smart essay from next week’s print edition of NEWSWEEK, my colleagues Jessica Bennett and Jesse Ellison cite an impressive array of facts and figures to argue that …
Countless self-help books have been written about marriage. It’s the rare work, however, that has the rigor and factual grounding of “For Better: The Science of a Good Marriage.” Written with a sharp eye by New York Times health reporter …
'For Better' distills research on marriage into real-life lessons Read more »
As a divorced parent you can never pay too much attention to your communication skills with your children. It keeps the doors open to a healthier, more positive relationship with them. It makes you more sensitive to issues of concern …
Divorce and separation are stressful enough for the adults involved. Just imagine what they must be like for your children. If signs and events have led up to the decision to end an adult relationship, few children will make the …
Many young people mistakenly believe that cohabitation is a stepping stone to marriage, when actually only slightly better than 50 percent of these relationships end in marriage. Most cohabiting couples either marry or break up within two years. If a …
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Much has been written about how tough economic times have forced couples to postpone divorces. They just can't afford it. Legal costs and accountant fees grow as a union dissolves and a two-income household lives cheaper than a two-household pair …
If you think your marriage is failing, it's time to contact a lawyer; but the country in which you file for divorce could make all the difference to your settlement. Mark King explains. Breaking up may be hard to do, …
This is just another travesty of justice perpetrated by a shark divorce lawyer who saw the opportunity to get an advantage over the "adversary" instead of trying to help a young couple set up a fair parenting plan that took …
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AFTER 33 YEARS of marriage, Martha McDowell's husband told her he wanted a divorce. He provided few reasons. They were trivial, and to her did not justify ending their union. "He just didn't want to be married anymore," says McDowell, …
Who is more important to you — your spouse or your children? Ask most parents whom they would save from a burning building, and odds are they would say their children. Similarly, many would argue that in a fast-paced, overstuffed …