Domestic Diversions

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• The kids are alright: How children of same-sex couples are doing

  The New York Times shows how children of same-sex couples are doing just fine, highlighting research by Abbie E. Goldberg, an assistant professor in the department of psychology at Clark University and author of “Lesbian…

• Appreciating strengths: Accepting different ways of parenting

  The New York Timesdiscusses a study about involving fathers, as well as the benefits of co-parenting or parallel parenting. Laurie Tarkan writes (excerpt): . . . [T]he critical difference was not greater involvement by the…

• A bit foreign, scary even: Collaborative divorce

  Single Parent Gossip shares the method for using collaborative law to resolve your divorce out of court. Talibah Mbonisi writes (excerpt): . . . In this cooperative framework, both parties also agree to: - Act…

• What’s my chances of getting a divorce? Statistical factors associated with divorce

  The New York Times focuses on a different topic (Money Talks to Have Before Marriage), but includes an interesting discussion of statistical analysis and the risk of divorce. Ron Lieber writes (excerpt): The risk that…

• The inventor of the Collaborative Divorce Process

  Stu Webb is being honored for finding a better way to divorce at the 10th International Academy of Collaborative Professionals Educational Forum.

• Most expansive: What motherhood means to Uma Thurman

  USAToday shares some of Uma Thurman’s reflection on motherhood and “Motherhood,” including struggling to balance home and work lives, and being caught outside in her nightgown. Olivia Barker writes (excerpt): So, then, what does motherhood…

• The Reader: Why No Outrage About an Adult Female Sexually Molesting an Adolescent Boy?

  I am alarmed that we’ve heard very little outrage at the normalization of an adult woman having sex with an adolescent boy as seen in the academy award winning movie The Reader.  This lack of…

• Maximum impact: How to organize your trial evidence

  The ABA’s McElhaney on Litigation suggests replacing chronology with groups of vivid word pictures. Jim McElhaney writes (excerpt): http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/give_chronology_a_timeout McElhaney on Litigation “. . . Tell them the story. . . . [P]ut together a…

• Mediators can help collaborative divorces smooth out rough edges

  ABA Book Briefs Blog features a divorce mediation excerpt from the book “Collaborative Law: Achieving Effective Resolution in Divorce without Litigation,” Second Edition by Pauline H. Tesler (excerpt): If a collaborative case runs into problems,…

• How to increase your custodial-parenting time

  Richard Forrest Gould-Saltman posted a summary of how a non-custodial parent can maximize parenting time. The summary was written with California in mind, but many of the principles are equally applicable across the country. Mr.…