“Single mothers who put photos of their pre-school kids on their social networking homepages are creating a happy hunting ground for pedophiles.”
The warning comes from Crystal Jacquez, managing editor of Guys and Lies.com, the online back grounding site designed exclusively for women.
“Single mothers almost always do it.” says, Jacquez.  “It’s not only incredibly dangerous but worse, most single moms have absolutely no idea that it’s dangerous at all!”
“Think of it,” continues Jacquez, “if you’re one of the tens of thousands of pedophiles with a taste for really young kids, how do you get to them? …

By LAURA A. MUNSON
New York Times
Let’S say you have what you believe to be a healthy marriage. You’re still friends and lovers after spending more than half of your lives together. The dreams you set out to achieve in your 20s ‹ gazing into each other’s eyes in candlelit city bistros when you were single and skinny ‹ have for the most part come true.
Two decades later you have the 20 acres of land, the farmhouse, the children, the dogs and horses. You’re the parents you said you would be, full of love and guidance. …

By Ellen McCarthy
via Washington Post 
It seems, to many, like the sensible thing to do: Move in with your
boyfriend or girlfriend, spend more time together, save money by splitting
the rent and see if you can share a bathroom every morning without wanting
to kill each other.
But if you were Scott Stanley’s kid, he’d beg you not to do it.
Stanley, a University of Denver psychologist, has spent the past 15 years
trying to figure out why premarital cohabitation is associated with lower
levels of satisfaction in marriage and a greater potential for divorce.
At a conference last month, Stanley and his …

Divorce can be extremely difficult and frankly traumatic for children. What you do and how you do it will determine how well your child deals with your divorce.
KidsHealth.org has a great set of tips that any couple facing this situation should follow.  The article is presented below.
Helping Kids Cope
Divorce brings numerous changes and a very real sense of loss. Many kids — and parents — grieve the loss of the kind of family they had hoped for, and children especially miss the presence of a parent and the family life they had. That’s why …

 By Judy Parejko
Canticle Magazine, ³The Voice of Women of Grace,²
May / June Issue 2009
What is no-fault divorce?
When you ask most people, they will say it’s a mutual-consent process, or that it preserves privacy, or that it eliminates blame for the failure of the marriage.
Not many people will answer that it’s a lawsuit in which one party is suing the other party. And even fewer will know that it came from the Soviet Union.
Like previous divorce actions, no-fault divorce is still a lawsuit, which means that one party is invoking the state’s police powers against the …

Rafael Richman, Ph.D.
The process of separation and divorce can be very painful for you and for your whole family. Below, however, you can find some tips and details to make talking to your children about your decision to separate or divorce somewhat easier:

1. Choose an appropriate time and place for your conversation.
Choose a time and place that works for your children. The best location for most children and families is at home, where it is comfortable and private. A quiet environment is better – minimize distractions, turn off all phones (including your cell-phones), the television, …

An interesting article on the importance of growingly popular courses now offered to couples who file for divorce and have minor children at home. Courses such as these help educate the couple in the hopes of avoiding divorce or at least learning to help deal with the affects of divorce on the child. Classes, books and games such as Earthquake in Zipland can help ease the feelings of loss for the child of divorce and help him or her cope with the transition in their lives.

By Ashley Sanchez
The majority of Americans hope to get married …

Hi,
There are lots of yucky things happening right, even after a year of giving my child up to my mom. Situation gone bad right from the very beginning. I will outline in point form a timeline:
1977 - 1997 - lived home with mom, sister and part time brother, was and still is a criminal
1993-1997 - teenager in relationship with high school love, got pregnant
1997 - child born, lived at home, age 20 now, boyfriend not very supportive
1998 - moved into apartment with boyfriend and baby to make things work
1999 - moved back home …

This is a heart-warming short story submitted to us by Karyn Prange-Stuart. If you have a story or article you would like to share, please contact us at yourchildyourdivorce@gmail.com.
Luke was a normal boy with a normal family. He had a dad, a mom, a sister, and a dog. Everything was going along pretty well until his parents decided to get a divorce and, then, something weird happened to Luke.
Luke could remember when his family was happy. Well, he could almost remember; he was pretty small when his parents first started to argue. Over the years, …

Before you begin filing for divorce it is crucial that you make sure you have some good divorce strategies in place. Men who don’t will find it much harder to deal with the upheaval that the proceedings will cause when the divorce case takes place. Below we offer a few tips that you should consider incorporating into your divorce strategies for men.

Tip 1 - When you are going through your divorce proceedings and need to speak with your ex directly then it is crucial that you make a note of everything that takes place. Not …