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Parental alienation cases in the news Parental alienation cases continue to be in the news. I wrote here and here back in October about two such cases. Now a third has just been published, albeit that the case actually took place back in January of this year (the publication was delayed pending a final hearing). […] More
Child arrangements order application unfairly dismissed in the recent case G v M (FHDRA Appeal). I often mention here the pressure put upon the family courts by the seemingly ever-increasing number of private law children application they have to deal with. Inevitably, this can mean that cases are not given enough time to be properly […] More
Should a redundancy payment be treated as part of an NRP’s current income for the purpose of assessing child support liability? It must be a very common scenario whereby a non-resident parent (‘NRP’) receives a redundancy payment. As the payment, or at least part of it, is designed to be compensation for loss of income, […] More
Is maltreatment by parents associated with less quantity and quality of parent-child reminiscing on the child’ past, and, if so, is this a mechanism by which maltreatment leads to poorer early childhood emotional development? Researchers who asked this question in a recent study found a pathway between maltreatment and emotional development. Specifically: Maltreatment predicts less […] More
Father appeals child arrangements order made to permit the mother to take a child on holiday A typical case? Apart from the fact that the parties, or at least the father, appear to be rather better off than the average litigant, the case X v Y (Child Arrangements Order) is in many ways typical of […] More
A recent review of 448 studies covering 480,830 families confirms that parental involvement in their children’s education has a number of positive effects. Previous research had produced mixed results. This synthesis, known as a meta-analysis, was able to identify links more reliably. Parents who want to support their children’s early performance at school should consider […] More
Our recent study of more than 1,300 families in the United States makes a compelling cognitive development case for investments to help mothers and other caregivers provide stimulating and responsive care of infants and toddlers. We found that mothers’ stimulating and responsive care of children in the first three years predicts improved cognitive development – […] More
Father-child relationships reflect the nuanced kinds of involvement that children require from their dads and simultaneously highlight fatherhood’s central role in male adult development. That’s why we should focus more on the quality of the father-child relationship across time and contexts. The prize is more informed, enthusiastic and skilled fathers, and better-parented young people. Typically, […] More
