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"In this book, readers will learn how to cope with divorce. Social and emotional learning (SEL) concepts support growth mindset throughout, while Grow with Goals and Try This! activities further reinforce the content. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they learn more about coping with divorce. Also includes sidebars, a table of contents, glossary, index, and tips for educators and caregivers"--
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Published in 1905, this pamphlet consists of three lectures Adler gave before the Society of Ethical Culture in New York City. After setting forth the responsibilities inherent in the married state, Adler questions whether divorce can ever be an ethical action, concluding that it cannot, but that in the worst cases of incompatibility or abuse the option of separation remains open.
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Despite the heat the issue of divorce, separation and the welfare of children had been generating for decades, the Australian Government was slow to address family law reform. While more than a million children were listed with the Child Support Agency, an institution as roundly and profoundly despised as the Family Court itself, politicians were reluctant to move into such an emotionally charged and gendered arena. Finally, with an increasingly large...
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Dads On The Air, often shortened to DOTA, is a community radio program which began in western Sydney in August of 2000 with a small group of extremely disgruntled separated men who had no experience of radio and no resources. The author of Chaos at the Crossroads: The Birth of Dads On The Air, William John Stapleton, worked as a mainstream journalist and was the only one with any media experience. The series of short books in the Chaos at the Crossroads...
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The Garies and Their Friends (1857) is a novel by Frank J. Webb. Published at the height of the abolitionist movement, Webb's novel was only the second in history by an African American writer. Although it is his only novel, The Garies and Their Friends is a testament to Webb's skills as a writer and political thinker, a man who explored themes of racial passing and Northern racism decades before such topics were common in African American literature....
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In 2003 the then Prime Minister of Australia John Howard announced an inquiry into family law and joint custody, otherwise known as shared parenting, Family law was the country's single most controversial area of law. It was also the layperson's most common point of interaction with the legal and judicial system. The Family Court had been a source of individual pain and public controversy since its foundation in 1975. The announcement received front...
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Based on research from more than 10,000 surveys from children and parents of divorce, Collateral Damage presents parents with an overview of the negative impact that divorce has on their children and offers ways to better serve their needs at this critical time.
Approximately fifty percent of marriages in the United State fail. Add to that the increasing number of couples who never marry, have children together, and later go their separate ways. In...
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Most people have always been interested in sex, love and marriage. Now, this entertaining and informative book explores the surprisingly varied and energetic sex and love lives of the women and men of Queen Elizabeth's England. A range of writers, from the famous, such as Shakespeare, John Donne and Ben Jonson, and lesser-known figures popular in their time, provide, in their witty stories, poems and plays, vivid pictures of Elizabethan sexual attitudes...
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for DramaOver the past decade, Donald Margulies has written some of the most insightful works in contemporary American drama. His body of work includes The Loman Family Picnic, Sight Unseen, The Model Apartment and Collected Stories, and with each succeeding work his audiences have grown. It is no surprise that his newest work is his most critically successful yet. As with all of Margulies's work, he is a master of observing...
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Déjouer les pièges de la vie en couple pour durer!
Aimer durablement, s'engager aujourd'hui dans une relation amoureuse avec l'ambition qu'elle soit pérenne, c'est soit totalement ringard, soit complètement utopique.
Et pourtant! Nombreux sont les couples qui en rêvent en secret ou relèvent explicitement ce défi. Ils interrogent, puis rejettent les modèles des générations qui les ont précédés. Le prix que leurs grands-parents ont payé...
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For thousands of years, marriage was a business transaction between two families. Fathers chose husbands for their daughters to build power, wealth, and social status. Rules about acceptable spouses were strict. Interfaith and interracial marriages were often forbidden. Over the centuries, laws and traditions governing marriage have changed dramatically. In the United States, interfaith and interracial marriages are common. Same-sex marriages are...
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What kind of a divorce lawyer writes a book to encourage people not to get divorced? David W. Erdman has been consulted as a divorce lawyer in 5,000 marriages. This book, "The Ten Commandments of Marriage," reveals marriage‑saving lessons learned from those clients that will make a positive difference in your marriage. Erdman's sensitive understanding of all points of view in a divorce-the husband's, the wife's, and the child's-provides a unique...
14) Marriage Counseling: 2 in 1: How to Save Your Marriage From Divorce With the Power of Effective Comm
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How to avoid calling a divorce lawyer even if there are many pieces of the puzzle that need to be fixed...
Remember when you met your partner for the first time?
Think back of the butterflies you felt every time you saw each other.
When you committed to your marriage, you committed to a deep, loving relationship for the rest of your life.
Yet, there are days where you can't read your partner's mind.
You try to communicate your needs, but you...
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There is one proven method for happier kids, more involved dads, and less stressed-out moms after divorce-50/50 custody
It's hard for everyone when parents split up-but the end of living together doesn't need to mean the end of a functional family. Part of the reason divorces are so traumatic for the kids involved is because of our child custody system, which truly sets everyone up for failure. Throughout the country, the default arrangement is...
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Is divorce a sin?
Millions of people across the world have suffered through a misinterpretation of Jesus' statements regarding divorce. Faulty translations and ignorance of Jewish culture have led to a mass misunderstanding of the Bible's true stance on this topic.
This book is designed to offer salve for the wounds caused by this confusion and help those suffering know that they're not second-rate citizens of the Kingdom.
Divorce is always a...
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Marriage is a ministry, and when, accepting a proposal, we need to see beyond a male's natural talents, possessions, gifts, and abilities, in order to see the spiritual man inside.
One of the main-focuses of this book is about making right choices. God wants women to understand that there is so much more to relationships than what we see on the surface, and He wants us to understand just how real they are. Our relationships with parents, relatives,...
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Updated and revised with seven new chapters, a new introduction, and a new resources section, this landmark book is invaluable for women facing a custody battle. It was the first to break the myth that mothers receive preferential treatment over fathers in custody disputes. Although mothers generally retain custody when fathers choose not to fight for it, fathers who seek custody often win not because the mother is unfit or the father has been the...
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The purpose of this book is to inform couples who are dating and thinking about getting married. Marriage is an important step that couples go into sometimes, not knowing what to expect. Many couples just get married for the wrong reason and sometimes end up in a divorce. That causes them to have high expectations. That's why the title of this book is called Expectation of Marriage: is it Helpful or Detrimental? Something to think about.? As you begin...
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