June 5, 2011
Divorces tends to leave women with less money and ultimately poorer health than single mothers studies have shown. There can be many reasons why women are financially hit when a divorce occurs. Unfortunately, the study created to find the differences in after-divorce situations found no conclusive reasons why. But they are fairly easy to imagine. ...
Tags: child custody,
divorce,
dud dads,
financial stress,
health,
income,
jobs,
poor,
retail therapy,
sick,
single mothers,
stress
August 23, 2010
In romantic comedies a woman fights through a series of obstacles to eventually find love. We know how it works: First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in a baby carriage. Recognizing women’s new-found independence, studios have decided to turn the story on it’s head.
August 17, 2010
“If we want more good men in the world, we must start treating boys with less blame and more understanding.” This is the purpose of Raising Boys; to try to understand what makes boys tick, why they are different from girls, and how we can raise them to become good men. It shows the reader ...
Tags: book review,
equality,
fatherhood,
how boys and girls are different,
mothers,
parents,
Raising Boys,
sexism,
sexual development,
single mothers,
Steve Biddulph,
testosterone,
Tuesday book club
May 7, 2010
In America, more and more women are delaying motherhood to pursue education and careers. This is great for many reasons, especially a better educated population with less teenage pregnancies. And this trend includes women from ”all ethnicities in the United States.” Children born to highly educated mothers increasingly are born later in life. The mothers are usually married, and ...
Tags: America,
babies,
biological clock,
fertility,
marriage,
motherhood,
motherhood trends,
mothers,
older mothers,
parents,
pregnancy,
single mothers,
working mothers
April 14, 2010
To show his support for marriage, David Cameron is proposing a half billion pound tax break aimed at lower-income married couples. It works out to £150 a year. He hopes this will reduce the number of single parent households in the country. Familiar with fiction, JK Rowling has taken aim at the Tories for their ...
Tags: Conservatices, David Cameron, flowers, J K Rowling, marriage, poverty, poverty cycle, single mothers, single parents, tax break, ToriesMick, Morning Quickie