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A total of 82 separated and divorced fathers were interviewed in a study utilizing thematic analysis to examine fathers' narratives about their divorce experiences, particularly in regard to their relationship with their children, and grounded theory analysis to uncover themes related to fathers' perceptions of their children's needs, and parental and social institutional responsibilities to these needs, during the divorce transition. We found that contextual factors, particularly the legal custody determination process, largely determine both the level of paternal involvement and quality of father-child attachment after divorce. A sharp discontinuity between pre- and post-divorce father-child relationships was observed, more marked than in earlier studies. Fathers' psychological reacti...
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Reallocation Parental Rights and Responsibilities - Change of Circumstances and Best Interest
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A parenting curriculum developed for incarcerated mothers was evaluated using a pretest, posttest, follow-up design with 57 women incarcerated in state prisons. Developmental psychologists delivered a 12-session curriculum focused on parenting issues unique to incarcerated parents. Each class met for 2 hours and followed a prepared curriculum that was experiential and discussion-based. In assessments at the end of the course and at an 8-week follow-up, mothers showed significant improvements over their pretest scores in parenting attitudes, self-esteem, and legal knowledge regarding parental rights and responsibilities. Mothers' open-ended comments showed they gained an understanding that children need love, letters, and consistency and that they should show the caregivers respect, grat...
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There may be a thawing in relations between exes Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston. Johnston's manager, Tank Jones, says the two are spending more time together for their son's sake. But Jones says they're not back together. The couple became a public face for teenage pregnancy during Sarah Palin's 2008 run for vice president. Bristol Palin is the eldest daughter of the former Alaska governor.
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Do federal, state and local governments have a right to intervene in our lives when it comes to choices affecting our health? Recently, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to forbid restaurants from giving gifts with meals that contain too much fat and sugar, a measure aimed at McDonald's Happy Meals. The reasoning of these tyrants is to prevent McDonald's from using toys to lure children into liking foods the board deems non-nutritious. Fortunately, San Francisco's mayor, Gavin Newsom, by no means a libertarian, has threatened to veto the measure saying, "Despite its good intentions, I cannot support this unwise and unprecedented governmental intrusion into parental responsibilities and private choices. If the board of supervisors gets away with this intrusion into parental r...
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This is another column that will probably draw e-mails calling me "hater" and "self-loathing." Some readers call me names when they think I'm writing from a "white" perspective. It is my duty as a journalist and my responsibility as a parent to challenge others like me when it comes to children and crime. It was about 2:20 in the morning on Sunday. Lavelle Jones and two of his cousins were leaving a nightclub. Lavelle never made it - he never made it home that is. Someone in another car fired a shot. Lavelle was hit in the head. It was a mortal wound.
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Allocation of parental rights and responsibilities; change of circumstances; notice of intent to relocate; harm; disruption of ongoing relationships.
