Topic
Single Parenting
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North Carolina Divorce Lawyers Blog
Navigating the Healthcare Profession as a Single Parent
Healthcare givers know how demanding that career can be. From unpredictable schedules to long hours, life can be very overwhelming. Add to it the role of being a single parent…
North Carolina Divorce Lawyers Blog
Celebrating the Holidays as a Single Parent
The holidays are an exciting time to get together with family and celebrate being together, but for a single parent it can be full of challenges. Whether you have a…
The Right Coast
Review of The Two-Parent Privilege by Melissa Kearney
The gist of the book will be familiar to many well-informed readers: on a wide variety of measures, the average child growing up in single-parent homes is at a disadvantage…
Simple Justice
Is It A Privilege To Have Two Parents?
There is a significant correlation between a child having two parents, regardless of whether they are of different sexes or the same sex, and success. Likewise, there is a correlation…
Family Law Prof Blog
Brookings Institute Conference on Single Parenthood
By Family Law
From Brookings:In the last 50 years, single parenthood has become more prevalent in the United States and other countries. As compared to other high-income countries, the United States does little…
Adoption, Surrogacy and the Law
How Do You Prepare for Becoming a Single Adoptive Parent?
Perhaps you are single but long to have a child of your own. The most obvious solution, of course, is adoption.No matter how you view the adoption process, it will…
D'Orazio Peterson Blog
Managing Child Care While Dealing With COVID-19: Tips For Single Parents – Part 1
Even though there are now vaccines for COVID-19 and the number of new cases is on the decline, becoming infected with the virus is still a very real possibility. And…
Family Law Prof Blog
Single Moms Do Less Housework Than Married Ones
By Family Law
From Forbes:If you’re a single parent, handling all the housework and childcare responsibilities on your own, you might expect to do more work at home than women with a partner…
Family Law Prof Blog
Single Parenthood Receives Adversity Points on SAT
By Family Law
From the WSJ:Read more here. Also on TaxProf Blog here.
Family
When Is Choosing Single Parenthood a Better Option Than Marriage?
By Andrea Vacca
As a divorce lawyer, my days are spent untangling the married lives of people who no longer want to be married, and who sometimes should never have gotten married in…