Sixteen Arguments in Support of Shared Parenting
Our current system of resolving child custody disputes rarely considers either children’s needs from children’s own perspective, or current research on child custody outcomes.read more
View ArticleCo-Parenting and High Conflict
Conflict is a normal part of everyday life, and to completely shield children from normal day-to-day conflict may in fact be doing them a disservice, as conflict presents an opportunity for resolution...
View ArticleFather Absence, Father Deficit, Father Hunger
Whereas parents in general are not supported as parents by our social institutions, divorced fathers in particular are devalued, disparaged, and forcefully disengaged from their children’s lives....
View ArticleDivorce Education and Therapeutic Family Mediation To Resolve Parenting Disputes
When it comes to the resolution of co-parenting-related matters, programs and services such as divorce education and therapeutic family mediation are much more than dispute resolution devices. More...
View ArticleFamily Therapy and Parenting Coordination
Children’s needs for protection from parental conflict must be addressed before the establishment of any co-parenting arrangement after separation, and a full range of supports must be made available...
View ArticleEqual Parenting and Quality of Parent-Child Attachments
Equal parental responsibility provides a context and climate for the continuation or development of high quality parent-child relationships, allowing both parents to remain authoritative, responsible,...
View ArticleCo-Parenting Infants and Very Young Children
The failure to recognize the depth of children’s attachments to both of their parents is the most significant omission of traditional attachment theorists. In those families in which children are...
View ArticleThe Impact of Parental Alienation on Children
Parental alienation involves the “programming” of a child by one parent to denigrate the other “targeted” parent, in an effort to undermine and interfere with the child's relationship with that parent,...
View ArticleThe Impact of Parental Alienation on Parents
The key to engaging alienated parents is to validate their parental identity, and combine advocacy efforts with counseling focused on enhancing their role as active and responsible parents.read more
View ArticleParent-Child Reunification After Alienation
Never give up on reunification efforts...the primary response of the alienated parent must always be one of loving compassion, emotional availability, and absolute safety.read more
View Article"Bird's Nest" Co-Parenting Arrangements
Rather than the children having to adapt to the parents’ needs and living in two separate dwellings, they remain in the family home and the parents take turns moving in and out, like birds alighting...
View ArticleParallel Parenting After Divorce
Parallel co-parenting in high conflict divorces begins the healing process between parents, to the ultimate benefit of their children.read more
View ArticleRelocation and Co-Parenting
To the extent that relocation threatens children’s relationships with a parent, and their existing social network, the potential adverse effects of relocation should be at the forefront of...
View ArticleThe Voices of Children of Divorce
A paradigm shift is needed: the well-being of children as they define it must take precedence over judicial biases and preferences, professional self-interest, gender politics, the desire of a parent...
View ArticleDeveloping Evidence-Based Approaches to Children's Needs
The first international shared parenting organization has been established to develop evidence-based approaches to the needs and rights of children whose parents are living apart.read more
View ArticleCo-Parenting Infants and Very Young Children, Part 2
Just as we encourage parents in intact families to share care of their children, the social science evidence on the development of healthy parent–child relationships, and the long-term benefits of...
View ArticleResearch Consensus Statement on Co-Parenting After Divorce
These conclusions are seen to be groundbreaking as a consensus statement was produced by the world's leading researchers and practitioners in the field of co-parenting after divorce, which is intended...
View ArticleWhat Makes for Successful Co-Parenting After Divorce?
These principles are offered in the spirit that parents have the strengths, capacities and abilities to help children through the difficult transitions attendant to divorce, and will be able do the...
View ArticleSixteen Arguments in Support of Co-Parenting
Our current system of resolving child custody disputes rarely considers either children’s needs from children’s own perspective, or current research on child custody outcomes.
View ArticleCo-Parenting and High Conflict
Conflict is a normal part of everyday life, and to completely shield children from normal day-to-day conflict may in fact be doing them a disservice, as conflict presents an opportunity for resolution...
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