Why we now partner up: to raise children?
Richard Reeves asks: “Is marriage dying?” He tracks big social changes in the USA. The family pattern of child-rearing Mums
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Screening for childhood trauma
California has taken the lead in recognising the massive health and social impact of childhood trauma and adverse childhood experiences.
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The wisdom of adult children of divorce
What children suffer and say about their families separating, shapes the change the world needs now. We can learn more
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Guns, Germs & Divorce: Treating social ills as health issues
Another US school gun massacre sets off the usual debate as if this is just a political or criminal justice
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Dear Zachary: Must Watch
Mamamia’s review is not wrong: this is one film you should watch. If you think documentaries are boring, or predictable,
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20 NY kids killed during family court cases
2022, Jan 14: 20 children have been killed in New York State alone over the past five years, reports local
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Separated co-parents: Allies not adversaries
Ebony Roberts and Shaka Senghor show how separated parents can be allies not adversaries.
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Learn about divorce when you first get together!
New couples should all learn about divorce, says Harvard Law Professor, Jeannie Suk Gersen, who talks about how to prevent damaging family break-ups down the track.
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Black kids’ lives matter too
17 March 2021: “In the reckoning on racism triggered by George Floyd’s killing, decades of complaints from Black families hurt by
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Criminals treated better than parents!
26 February 2021: this editorial in the Washington Post highlights the profound injustice of family law, particularly in many States
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Another family murder-suicide
22 January 2021: Another murder-suicide has just taken place, this time in West Virginia, USA, with five children being shot
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