As if the holidays weren't stressful enough, they present additional challenges for separated, divorced and divorcing parents, especially when the separation has just happened. There are 3 things at work: • Holiday Anxiety in General • Adapting to Changes in …
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Raymond McCauley loves Kristina Hathaway. He just doesn't want to marry her. For the last six years, the two 40-somethings have been living together in Mountain View, Calif., where they're raising their three-year-old twins. Why not tie the knot? They've …
1. Start with a good marriage counselor. If not marriage counseling, go at least for yourself. A divorce should be a last step, rather than a first step. There are three reasons to go into counseling. The first reason is …
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In a report, the Centre for Social Justice says that the ageing population has led to a surge in the numbers who need help with basic care, with an additional 1.7 million pensioners likely to be dependant on others within …
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After my divorce, when my ex-husband and his new wife were expecting their first child together, my mother casually suggested one day, during one of her yearly Christmas visits to New York: "maybe you could be a big, extended family? …
The following numbers 3.5, 8.5, 10.5, 20.9, 10.6 all have one thing in common. They are different ways of measuring the 2008 divorce rate in the US. Perhaps no single measure of family life is so often incorrectly reported and …
I suppose it's an occupational hazard. It happens regularly. First, there's a moment of awkwardness. They recognize, but can't place me. Then it hits them: I am the judge on Divorce Court, and that's when it begins. People start telling me …
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Divorcing parents usually worry about the long-term emotional impact their split could have on the kids, but new research suggests there may be a physical fallout, too. The Canadian research suggests the children of divorce may be at a higher …
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Divorce rates have been declining statewide for reasons that include the fact that couples are waiting longer to get married and living together rather than marrying.Financial considerations also affect the divorce rate, experts say.The counties with the lowest divorce rate …
“Everyone’s a child at Christmas,” the saying goes. At Thanksgiving, however, everyone simply acts like one—petulant, complaining, unhelpful, boastful—as they all assume their prescribed roles. (You, of course, are perfect.) No matter how mature your relatives may be in everyday …