Myths About the Effects of Divorce on Children: By Cathy Meyer, About.com Guide In the early 1970’s, Judith Wallerstein, began to study the effects of divorce on children. She studied a group of 131 children and their families who were…
Author: Clayton Craddock
I am a dedicated father to two wonderful children, a consultant for divorcing fathers, a thought provoking blogger, and a social reformer who is intent on seeing positive cultural change for boys, men and fathers in the 21st century. Oh, I also play drums too! Follow me on twitter @claytoncraddock.com www.claytoncraddock.com
Divorce Civil Rights
by Joseph E. Cordell Divorce lawyer and founder of DadsDivorce.com As a society, we find profiling — painting a group of people with such a broad brush — to be wholly unacceptable. Except when it applies to men in family…
Permanent Alimony Hurts Women
Permanent Alimony. Truly a thing of the past, or soon to be. Here are some quotes from a great article I saw online and some videos that drive home the point. Alimony needs reform – no doubt about that. Why?…
Marriage Is For Broke Men Only!
Why should a man with money, power, status and confidence get married? What is in it for men like this? Why should men commit to a woman at all? I mean, really?! We can get sex from women on a…
“If boys are in trouble, it’s a women’s issue – we’re all in trouble.”
Christina Sommers talks about the effects of a philosophy that can be somewhat hostile to young men: Women’s Rights. Advocating for recognition of gender differences while maintaining equality, Sommers discusses the implications, risks, and consequences of consistently supporting and encouraging…
How to pay child support and STILL face prison time
I really don’t know when everyone will finally understand the reality of the game of child support. When will people see that this has very little to do with actually supporting children and much more with punitive measures against men…
National Mentoring Camp 2013 : Steve Harvey Mentoring Program
Think women really like bad boys? Think again.
A must read!
Goodbye darling, you’re just too dull
I’d be perfectly happy with women divorcing their husbands because they are bored only if those women who wanted out of that marriage got NOTHING, except what she came into it with. No child support, no children, no alimony and…
Hooking Up
I’d love to get the same group of women together at age 35 to see how they feel about “hooking up” then.
Men and the New Jim Crow
Some people might not want to hear it but, take a look around and see what is going on. Look at the laws that are in place and how it is affecting certain menber of our society. The New Jim…
Marriage and The Single Black Woman
Removing so many men from the marriage market has profound consequences. As incarceration rates exploded between 1970 and 2007, the proportion of US-born black women aged 30-44 who were married plunged from 62% to 33%. Why this happened is complex…
I Don’t Need A Man
Yes you do…..
Don’t Be THAT guy
Killer Mike on Being A Father
Family Law – from the child’s perspective
Wimpy Kids
Here is a fascinating article that everyone should read. A Nation Of Wimps By Hara Estroff Marano excerpts: ……No one doubts that there are significant economic forces pushing parents to invest so heavily in their children’s outcome from an…
The Female Child Molester
Wow! Imagine if this were a male teacher. The New York Daily News reported: A California high school teacher has been busted for underage sex – just days after giving birth to a baby allegedly fathered by her student lover.…
Stop Insulting Fathers!
Watch this video. Yeah, you have to get through the advertisement, but it might just make you think a little differently: [cnnvideo url=’http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2012/06/14/dads-fight-stereotypes.cnn’ inline=’true’] Amid fury, Clorox pulls post insulting new dads Clorox pulled what was intended to be…
Why The Mommy Wars Rage On
Let’s be clear: It is a privileged group of women and men who ever confront this decision. Many don’t have anything approaching a financial choice when it comes to working. Others have children whose health problems dictate that someone be…
