When parents separate, children often get caught in the crossfire. But an online support network, set up by single mothers Kate Ford and Emily Abbott, aims to soften the blow.
According to recent research, more than half of couples divorcing have at least one child aged under 16. In the complicated, emotionally sensitive world of marital break-up, they often become the victims – fought over, neglected and sometimes used as bargaining tools. And they frequently have questions and uncertainties about what has happened that no one in their own family can help them with.
Kate Ford, a …

A Dad’s Point-of-View, by Bruce Sallan Salem-News.com
This is a sad situation when it occurs, but I believe it’s incumbent on the primary parent to hold the line and retain standards of behavior and rules.
(AGOURA, Calif.) - Sitting in Starbuck’s the other day, waiting for my car to be serviced, I sat next to a mom who shared a “dirty little parenting secret.” Her kids, and she and her husband, have “favorites.” She gets along better with their younger child while her husband gets along better with the older child. I believe that this is …

“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 …