Archive for June, 2007
Father To Be The First Male President of National PTA
It was refreshing to see a headline on the front page of the St. Louis Post Dispatch read Breaking Barriers: Dad Rises to top of PTA(pdf), long dominated by moms. Friday, Charles “Chuck” Saylors, a 47-year-old South Carolina father, will become the first President-elect of the national PTA. I truly hope this encourages more fathers [...]
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More Validation for Fathers, Step-fathers, and Step-mothers
Valerie King, an associate professor of sociology, demography, and human development and family studies at Penn State, recently published her findings that not only do children need their fathers for healthy development, but that Step-parents play an integral role as well. Even more surprising to me was King’s acknowledgment of the unpopular belief that sometimes [...]
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It Turns Out That Men Don’t Suck as Parents
MSNBC published a story on Monday about MomBlocking. What is momblocking you ask? Well, it’s a ridiculously stupid and injurious phrase that describes what happens when fathers do what society has been accusing them of not doing for years- being an involved parent. Yep. Involved dads everywhere, you’re doing TOO good of a job. Please [...]
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Debate Over What Amounts to Men’s Reproductive Rights (video)
On Fox’s Mike and Juliet morning show, Glenn Sacks debates the validity of a Texas woman’s claim (Roman v Roman) that she should be able to use frozen embryos co-created by her divorced husband against his will. This is an interesting debate. I am interested in what the pro-choice stance on this issue entails. Personally, [...]
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Psychology Today and How Children of Divorce CAN Have Healthy Relationships
As if I needed more conclusive evidence that children need both parents post-divorce, Psychology Today published an article recently- The Upside of Divorce- about children of divorce and how they develop romantic relationships later in life. . .
they were equally split into three groups: “Modelers” tended to copy the dysfunctional behaviors they witnessed in their [...]
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Is Ritalin Being Prescribed Because We Think It Should Be?
According to a study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, children of divorce are twice as likely to be prescribed methylphenidate (Ritalin). The study explored the possibility of genetics as well as need, but it also had one conclusion that was particularly interesting:
A second possible explanation is that, although clinicians are advised to distinguish between [...]
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