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2010: Year of the New American Family

Wednesday Martin | Posted 01.07.2010 | Living

Read More: Stepfamily Public Education, Stepfamily Advice, Stepfamily, Divorce, New American Family, U.S. Census, Stepmother, Stepfamily Research, Remarriage, Remarriage With Children, Family, Living News

Until there is better support, public education, and understanding, here are ten research-based resolutions stepfamilies can make to usher in a new decade of stepfamily satisfaction.

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Divorce Without Bloodshed? Why It's Absolutely Essential For Yourself And Your Children (VIDEO)

abcnews.com | Posted 01.06.2010 | Books

Read More: Divorce, Divorce and Children, Books, Divorce Tips, Michele Lowrance, Divorce Strategies, The Good Karma Divorce, Amicable Divorce, Books News

Divorce is one of the most difficult things a family can go through, but domestic relations judge Michele Lowrance believes that it is possible to hav...

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Friendship in Real Life vs. This Emotional Life

Bella DePaulo | Posted 01.05.2010 | Media

Read More: Socializing, Orphanage, Therapy, Coworkers, Relationships, Divorce, Negative Feelings, Children, ” Conflict, Pbs, Bullying, Exclusive Relationships, Npr, Suicide, Singles, Myths, Positive Feelings, Adoption, Happiness, Attachment, Infidelity, Relatives, Marriage, Emotions, Loneliness, Boss, Workplace, Lovers, Health, Friendship, “This Emotional Life, Partner, Family, Asperger’s, Media News

This first installment of the PBS series This Emotional Life consisted of three segments: family, friends, and lovers. Each was oddly ominous, seeming to warn us of the worst that can happen.

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Elizabeth Gilbert's 'Committed': Follow-Up To 'Eat, Pray, Love' Pulls Author Back Into Marriage

AP | CORALIE CARLSON | Posted 01.04.2010 | Books

Read More: Authors, Memoirs, Eat Pray Love, Marriage, New Elizabeth Gilbert, Elizabeth Gilbert, New Books, Divorce, Books, Elizabeth Gilbert Committed, Committed, Bestsellers, Books News

"Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage" (Viking, 304 pages, $26.95) by Elizabeth Gilbert: First comes "Eat, Pray, Love," then comes marriage ...

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Goldman Brazilian Nightmare Over: Father and Son Finally Reunited

Thane Rosenbaum | Posted 12.25.2009 | World

Read More: Elian Gonzalez, Miami Cuban Anti-Communist Politics, Child Custody Cases, Divorce, Sean Goldman, Father's Rights, David Goldman, Child Custody, Feminism, Brazil Custody Battle, Brazil, World News

Before we luxuriate too comfortably in the Hallmark happy ending of the Goldman father-son reunion, let us not forget that in custody battles, fathers are routinely treated as second-class citizens.

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Why Would Tiger Cheat On His Wife?

John Gray | Posted 12.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Tiger Woods Mistress, Marriage, Rachel Uchitel, Tiger Woods Mistresses, Divorce, Relationships, Tiger Woods, Tiger Affairs, Elin Nordegren, Jaimee Grubbs, Tiger Woods Scandal, Tiger Woods Jaimee Grubbs, Tiger Woods Affairs, Living News

Having a partner of great physical beauty is like moving into a home with a fabulous view. At first the view is all that you see. After a year you notice the view less, focusing more on the things that "need to be fixed."

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Men Of A Certain Age: The Divorced Dad Hotel

Tom Matlack | Posted 12.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Men of a Certain Age, Ray Romano, Divorce, Relationships, Fatherhood, Masculinity, Parenting, Breaking Up, Love, Separation, Living News

As I drove away, I couldn't help picturing my kids -- Kerry and Seamus -- in my mind's eye and thinking that I was driving straight out of their lives.

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Is the Recession Really Saving Marriages?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 12.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Real Estate, Unemployment, Divorce, Demographics, Home Prices, Recession, Living News

If it's true that the husband's job loss especially increases stress on a marriage - as previous research suggests - we may yet see that emerge for the current crisis. If not, maybe something has changed.

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Tiger Woods' Women: Worse Than Hookers, 'Weeds' Do It For Free

Donna Estes Antebi | Posted 12.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods Mistress, Tiger Woods Mistresses, Divorce, Relationships, Jaimee Grubbs, Rachel Uchitel, Elin Nordegren, Cheating, Tiger Woods Affair, Holly Sampson, Tiger Woods Scandal, Family, Living News

Since when did it become acceptable that women could cheat with a married man who had toddlers and home and think they should be able to face the world with their heads held high?

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Two Scholars Ask: What if Marriage Is Bad for Us?

Bella DePaulo | Posted 12.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Social Security, Singled Out, Divorce, Civil Rights, Sociology, Middle Class, Matrimania, Pop Culture, Race, Cultures, Laura Kipnis, Happiness, Friendship, Isolation, Institutions, Politics, Mate Choice, Singlism, Wealth, Retirement Benefits, Love, Health Care, Status Quo, Family, Advocacy, Benefits, Marriage, Lifelong Singles, Domestic Gulag, Myths, Hollywood, Loneliness, Work, Health, Single, Health Insurance, Blaming the Victim, Single With Attitude, Living News

Marriage is not for everyone, and people who want to stay single should not be targeted with singlism because of it.

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Saying Yes to Love Again, or Just Getting Your Flirt On

Michelle Renee | Posted 12.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Inspiration, Relationships, Divorce, Personal Growth, Womens-Empowerment, Held Hostage, Healing, Michelle Renee, Living, Women Who Dreambig, Parenting, Motivation, Love, Spirituality, Living News

I hadn't been grabbed around the waist and kissed like that in so long I could hardly remember what warm sensual lips felt like on mine. I loved every second of it, but still something inside of me rang.

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A Change of Circumstance

Amelia Fleetwood | Posted 12.08.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Anish Kapoor, Marriage, Divorce, Relationships, Farms, City Life, Horses, Country Living, Ranches, Los Angeles News

For all the farmy fantasies one cooks up, the truth is, nothing beats funny friends in loud cafes, good art shows, beautiful people to look at, fabulous dinners, pavements and parks.

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How Do I Make My Marriage Last?

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 12.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Relationships, Marriage, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Divorce, Living News

Marriages that end early are generally no different than marriages that last decades, it's just that the couples who don't give up and stick together eventually learn to love being married to each other.

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Dawn Gibbons: Nevada First Lady Speaks About Her Divorce

Reno Gazette-Journal | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nevada, First Lady, Divorce, Dawn Gibbons, Jim Gibbons, Nevada First Lady, Politics News

She stood by her husband on Oct. 13, 2006, just a month before he was elected governor, when Chrissy Mazzeo, a Las Vegas cocktail server, contacted th...

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Stepfamilies To Uncle Sam: Learn To Count!

Wednesday Martin | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living

We're hearing a lot about the new U.S. Census these days and many might wonder what, precisely, is at stake. For stepfamilies, the answer is: quite a bit.

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Movement Under Way In California To Ban Divorce

AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 12.01.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: California Gay Marriage, California Gay Marriage Ban, California, Divorce, Gay Marriage, Los Angeles News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Til death do us part? The vow would really hold true in California if a Sacramento Web designer gets his way. In a movemen...

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Military Divorces Edge Up Again In 9th Year Of War

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marriage, United States Military, Military Divorce, Military, Divorce, U.S. Troops, War in Afghanistan War in Iraq, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The toll for a nation long at war is evident in military homes: The divorce rate in the armed forces edged up again in the past yea...

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Happy Thanksgiving! This Year It Is No Longer Humiliating To Be Explaining Your Unemployment Around the Thanksgiving Table!

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 11.25.2009 | Media

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Losing your job is dreadful, no matter what the reason. In this journalist's mind, it is still better than health issues, divorce, or death -- but t...

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John Ensign Affair Details Revealed: Nightline Interviews Doug Hampton About Senator's Affair With Cindy Hampton (VIDEO)

Kevin Freking | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Scroll down to watch video of Nightline interview. WASHINGTON (AP)- A Nevada man whose wife had an affair with Sen. John Ensign said he discovered th...

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The Holidays: How Stepfamilies Can Be Happier

Wednesday Martin | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Stepfamilies often experience extraordinary stress as the holidays--with their pressure cooker of "family" expectations--get underway. So, let go of the Three Big Myths of Stepfamily life.

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Sparks Specializes in Sad Songs

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 11.18.2009 | Books

Read More: Miley Cyrus, Nicholas Sparks, Nc, Divorce, Songwriting, Teen Angst, Fiction, Wilimington, Book Reviews, Books News

There are moments in this story that are so affecting that you have to stop reading until you can see the pages through your tears. Is this contrived? Is this manipulative? Maybe it is, but it is also the true heart of the story.

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Conscious Divorce Or Emotional Divorce?

Belinda Etezad Rachman | Posted 11.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Mediation, Ed Sherman, Divorce, Peaceful Divorce, Make Any Divorce Better, Belinda Etezad Rachman, Relationships, Living News

You don't have to be Gandhi, Buddha or any other kind of evolved spirit to have a "Peaceful Divorce," but you do need to have the intention to do so.

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Divorce Reform In Massachusetts: David vs. Goliath

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Divorce, Relationships, Living News

The long sought Alimony Reform battle will likely come to a climax this spring. In January an almost unprecedented 72 State Legislators co-signed a Bill that would make divorce law in MA more fair.

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Celebrating Thanksgiving Past

Lori Sokol | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Marriage, Women in Business, Women's Income, Half the Sky, Parenting, Divorce, Working Mothers, New York News

Twenty years ago this Thanksgiving, I got married. Two years ago this month, I got divorced. But I am not here to chronicle a marriage gone wrong. I am here to commemorate a divorce that went right.

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Trade Fair Targets France's Booming Divorce Market

AP | JENNY BARCHFIELD | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: France Divorce, French-Divorce, Divorce, Relationships, France, Paris, France Marriage, World News

PARIS — The city of romance got a lesson in love's hard knocks Sunday, as thousands flocked to the French capital's first divorce fair. In Fran...

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