Americans for Divorce Reform estimates that “probably 40 or possibly 50” percent of all marriages end in divorce. Whether these statistics are accurate or not, the dissolution of a marriage can be traumatic for the couples involved and stressful for their offspring. Until recently, churches generally shied away from divorce. The subject was off limits. […]

In today’s day and age, single parent families are no longer viewed as non-traditional families since they are all around us. According to the US Census Bureau, approximately 30 percent of American families are headed by only one parent. There were over 12 million single-parent households in the US in 2000. The percentage of children […]

Getting the first date If there is interest, you can ask if they would like to meet for coffee or other appropriate first date. For instance, at an evening class you could ask them to go for coffee after the class the following week. If you get a phone number, do call them and not […]

A unique cradle-to-grave atlas from the University of Sheffield shows Britain is becoming increasingly segregated across all ages by class, education, occupation, home ownership, health status, disability and family type. Interestingly kids living with a stepparent are much more common in rural areas than in towns and cities. This study divided the population into seven […]

Suffolk County Supreme Court Justice Jerry Garguilo granted a mother’s request to relocate with her children to Florida over the father’s objections, but with a twist: the mother must provide the father with the Skype video conferencing program and have their two children, a 9 year old girl and a six year old boy, talk to […]

Self-harm or self-injury, often cutting, is believed to occur in some 7%-14% of adolescents who do so at some time in their life. As a divorced parent, is your child at greater risk and how do you spot this behavior and deal with a teen who is cutting? What is self-harm or self-injury? This is the act […]