Single Fathers Have Slimmer Kids?

Every day I discover more information proving that the choice of single motherhood is a really bad and incredibly selfish idea. I’m going to keep giving out information to hopefully change a few minds. I can only do but so much but, it makes perfect sense to raise children with their biological mother and father…

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Does Modern Matrimonial Law Represent “The Best Interests Of The Children?”

I found this on a site recently and had to re-post. A great commentary on the reality we live in. Why do we allow 1960’s laws to exist in 2013? Paternity Law. Does One Size Fit the Best Interest of Children? Posted by: Jason Brown on the Star Tribune – http://www.startribune.com/local/yourvoices/204388701.html Jason Brown is the founding…

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True Dads

“True Dads” featuring Joe Jones & CFUF from Center For Urban Families on Vimeo. Joseph T. Jones, Jr. Mr. Joseph T. Jones, Jr. is president and founder of the Center For Urban Families. Prior to founding CFUF, Mr. Jones developed and directed the Men’s Services program for the federally funded Baltimore Healthy Start initiative and…

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Save your marriage by cheating?

More than 18 million people in 26 countries frequent AshleyMadison.com, a dating site for married people looking to have affairs. But while unsatisfied marrieds browse the site looking to hookup, the man behind the site — creator Noel Biderman — has been happily married for nearly 10 years. HuffPost Divorce spoke to Noel and his…

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Touch Screen kids

Not that long ago, there was only the television, which theoretically could be kept in the parents’ bedroom or locked behind a cabinet. Now there are smartphones and iPads, which wash up in the domestic clutter alongside keys and gum and stray hair ties. “Mom, everyone has technology but me!” my 4-year-old son sometimes wails….

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Boys Are At The Back Of The Class

Boys are lagging behind girls in school; on average, they get worse grades, take fewer advanced classes and are less likely to graduate. To find out why boys are taking a back seat in education, host Michel Martin speaks with Christina Hoff Sommers, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and author of ‘The War…

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Stressed Out Working Fathers?

They may not be happy about it, but working fathers have closed the “guilt gap” with working mothers, admitting they find it difficult to juggle work and family. Mothers, in turn, are becoming more likely to view earning money as an important part of motherhood. Both increasingly report they “always feel rushed.” “Fathers and mothers…

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Dads have two shifts too

There’s a narrative out there that, when it comes to how parents spend their time, dads are slackers. The Pew Research Center released a report this week analyzing both the modern American Time Use Survey, and time diary studies from 1965. Fathers, as you can imagine, do a lot less childcare and housework than mothers….

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