Elizabeth Marquardt reports on sessions held at the International Conference on Children and Divorce. I have long felt that remarriage can be just as (if not more) difficult for the children as divorce, and the following excerpt does a great job of explaining one of the reasons why.
Claire Cartwright of the University of Auckland presented moving qualitative interviews with […] (more…)
SAN ANTONIO — Police are searching for a 34-year-old man Monday in connection with the shooting death of another man.According to police, Rosendo Murillo was armed with a gun when he arrived at a home in the 600 block of Cumberland around 6 p.m. Sunday looking for Sergio Gonzalez Rocha, 22.
BEIJING, May 17 (Xinhuanet) – Divorce may be becoming China’s latest fad.
Divorces may still be lower than in developed countries, but civil affairs officials say many more people choose to end their marriages.
A total of 30 couples went to a civil affairs office in Wuhan of Hubei Province to get divorced on the first working day after the week-long May Day holiday.
Before the holiday, the average n (more…)
From “Healing the Hurt, Restoring the Hope” by Suzy Yehl Marta:
Here, at a glance, is a list of how normal responses to loss compare with troubled ones.
Normal
Decreased ability to function, apathy
Loss of appetite
Restless sleep
Irritable, crabby
Stomachaches, headaches
Shock
Decline in grades
Troubled
Isolation, withdrawal, depression
Change in eating habits, eating disorder
Refuses to sleep alone, nightmares
Physical aggression, violence
Psychosomatic illness, accident-prone
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