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Declutter Your Closets and Help Children’s Charity! March 28,
2008
Safe
Harbor Child Access Centers announces the installation of
clothing bins for unwanted clothing and shoes at the Sears on
640 Route 22 East in Scotch Plains/Watchung, and the A & P on
453 Valley Street in Maplewood.
Getting
Along with Your Ex: Children are Hurt when Divorced Parents Duel
by Ann Weber, Toledo Blade, February 17, 2008
Whether the Neeleys
are the norm or the exception Dennis Kogut cannot say. But the
clinical psychologist and director of Central Behavioral
Healthcare sees the poisonous opposite among the divorced and
divorcing parents who attend the center’s CoPE (CoParenting
Effectively) program.
How Divorced
Parents Can Raise Well-Adjusted Children by Suzanne J. Gelb,
Hawaii Parent, Fall 2007
Effective
co-parenting involves two adults working together to raise
children who are happy and well-adjusted. This type of
collaboration can be tough for parents who are divorced,
especially if they are still sore over their failed
relationship. Here are 12 practical tips for divorcees on how to
co-parent caringly and competently.
Safe Haven Offered To Children In Custody Disputes by Charita M.
Goshay, Repository, 11-22-06
The toys, storybooks and kid-sized furniture belie the
seriousness of its purpose. Each week, parents and their
children come to the second floor of Trinity Lutheran Church's
Urban Ark building, site of the Safe Haven Supervised Visitation
Program.
Church Opens Its
Doors to Supervised Visits
by Peggy O'Crowley,
Star Ledger, 06-14-06
George arrived at the campus of the Zarephath Christian Church
recently with two large shopping bags stuffed with craft
supplies, sandwiches and drinks; a potted tulip, and lots of
excitement. That's because George was seeing his two children
for the first time in two weeks, since his last supervised visit
at the Safe Harbor Child Access Center run by the church.
Safe Harbor Child Access Centers Celebrates 2nd Anniversary, May
13, 2006
Safe Harbor Child Access Centers announces that it is
celebrating its second anniversary on Saturday, May 13, 2006, at
Zarephath Christian Church, Zarephath, New Jersey, located at 14
Chapel Drive, Zarephath, New Jersey. To celebrate their
second anniversary, there will a program from 12:30 PM to 1:30
PM which will include a cake-cutting ceremony at 1:00 PM, as
well as tours of the facility.
Parents Fighting Has Long-Term Impact on Kids
Forbes, 2-10-06
Two
new studies suggest that even moderate amounts of parental
conflict can wreak havoc on the lives of children, disrupting
their sleep and causing negative feelings in their day-to-day
lives.
Putting the Children First
by
Sean Connelly, The Casper Star-Tribune, 12-26-05
In the fall of 1998, Erickson, who lives in Sheridan, started a
nonprofit organization called the Wyoming Children’s Access
Network. Through parenting education seminars and a
mediation program, WyCan strives to help reduce the conflict and
focus on children.
The Squid and the Whale
A film review by Chris Barsanti
One
feels pretty easy predicting at the start of Noah Baumbach’s The
Squid and the Whale – after a scene in which a family of four
plays tennis and the father keeps hitting the ball so hard that
the mother finally gives up in disgust – that divorce is not far
away. Note to husbands: Do not try to hit spouse with tennis
ball. Be especially wary of said aggressive behavior if that
spouse is Laura Linney.
Taking Combat out of Custody
by Tresa Baldas, The National Law Journal, 11-20-2005
Divorce lawyers tangled in messy custody disputes should refrain
from smashing the other side to bits... That's the message
Andrew Schepard, a Hofstra University School of Law professor,
has been preaching to attorneys in recent seminars about
high-conflict custody cases, which lawyers and judges identify
as a critical problem in the nation's courts.
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