Topic
Parenting
244 published works
NJ Family Legal Blog
Religion and Divorce: Raising Children of Interfaith Marriages Post-Divorce
Raising children born of interfaith marriages can have its challenges (and of course, its unique joys - Chrismukkah, anyone?), but at least parents in intact families navigate and mediate these…
The Right Coast
Opinion | What Good Dads Get Away With – The New York Times
Sociologists attribute the discrepancy between mothers expectations and reality to a largely successful male resistance. This resistance is not being led by socially conservative men, whose like-minded wives often explicitly…
Simple Justice
Put Me In Coach
A controversy arose from a twit by Peter Boghossian of Sokal Squared fame. I’m at a softball game. It’s interesting to hear parents tell their kids “good job” after they…
Family Law Prof Blog
Parents Working “Greedy” Jobs
By Family Law
From the New York Times:Daniela Jampel and Matthew Schneid met in college at Cornell, and both later earned law degrees. They both got jobs at big law firms, the kind that reward…
Minnesota Family Law Blog
Newly Single Parents: Tips For Caring For a Child With Special Needs
By Jason Brown
Divorce is hard on any child, but it poses the most significant problems for those with special needs. Often vulnerable to the smallest disruptions, children may suffer huge setbacks if…
The Right Coast
New parents face up to six years of sleep deprivation, study says | Life and style | The Guardian
Starting a family is a well-known way to make a good night s sleep a distant dream, but new research suggests the parental yawns might go on for six years.via…
Kight on Cannabis
Cannabis Legalization Is Changing the Way Parents Talk to Their Kids (Guest Post)
By Rod Kight
Cannabis legalization is forcing parents to talk more openly with their children. This article will discuss the importance of reevaluating how many parents discuss cannabis with their children. The rapid…
The Right Coast
Washington Post: Parents trying to raise their kids in ‘relatively gender-neutral ways’ discover nature taking over
The Washington Post published an interesting story today about a family living in Raleigh, North Carolina. Brian Campbell and Bonnie Melton married in 2008 and now have three kids, two girls…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Moms throughout country under investigation while Utah’s ‘free-range parenting’ law said to be first in the nation
The Washington Post (Mar.28, 2018): Utah's 'free-range parenting' law said to be first in the nation, by Meagan Flynn:Lenore Skenazy reinvigorated debates about best parenting practices when she decided to let…
Family Law Prof Blog
Parenting
By Family Law
From the New Yorker:Jaxsen, is it? Fine. Whatever. Look here, PAL, I’ve got something to say. I, TOO, was a sixteen-year-old boy once. I’m not an idiot. I know how this…