The Best “Financial” Interests Of The Child…or State

Senator Rick Jones….”People should be more responsible… shouldn’t father children outside of marriage.” Blaming the victim is fine in our society, provided the victim is a man. It does not matter who the biological father is, only what’s in the “best interest” of the child. Really? REALLY? What they are saying in code is;  which…

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WHY FATHERHOOD MATTERS

Fatherhood is also classically aspirational. It’s a marker of class, pure and simple. Fatherlessness is a real crisis even as fatherhood gains this wild significance. In 2008, 41 percent of births involved unmarried women compared with 28 percent in 1990. Fatherlessness as a condition has been linked with virtually every social ill you can name…

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Myths Surrounding Children And Divorce

Myths About the Effects of Divorce on Children: By Cathy Meyer, About.com Guide In the early 1970’s, Judith Wallerstein, began to study the effects of divorce on children. She studied a group of 131 children and their families who were going through the divorce process over a period of 25 years. In her book, The…

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