More than two million men are stay-at-home fathers, according to Pew Research1. If you are one of them, you know the constant jibes and jabs you fend off: you get up when you want, you don't punch a time clock, you are just lazy. For every insult, a stereotype lurks behind it. Let's look at five of these unfair stereotypes ...
You do not have to be a rocket scientist to launch yourself in a rocket. Mike Hughes showed that when he launched himself 1,875 feet upward, only to land hard in the Mojave Desert1. Of course, he got hurt doing it, which suggests that getting help from experts — like from NASA, let's say — is often useful. We mention this because, ...
Virginia is a typical American state, if you consider “typical” to include, according to Only In Your State1, the world's longest boardwalk (Virginia Beach), the world's record for being struck by lightning, and the world's biggest mandolin jam. Virginia is typically atypical, as are Virginia's Moms and Dads. Working out holiday custody schedules can start with “typical” and lead to ...
The Gettysburg Address is 272 powerful words. Declaration of Independence? 1,337 words, without the 56 signers' autographs (1,458 with them). Our title for this piece? A scant seven words, but oh, so complex an issue! So many possible answers! Two Ways to Order Child Support In Virginia, child support is determined one of two ways: You and the child's mother ...
Very few people come to a divorce attorney seeking advice on preserving a marriage. Yet, when you think about it (and we think a lot about it), family law attorneys here in Virginia are actually experts at marriage. If anyone has a compendium of what not to do in a marriage, it is a divorce attorney. Apologize Which is more ...
We marvel that the list has only eight items, but website We Have Kids lists eight warning signs that you are a bad parent. You'd expect things like neglecting or abusing your kid, sure. But some are surprising, like "irresponsible financial behavior." We have personally witnessed hundreds of examples of bad parenting, often from visiting tourists on our Virginia Beach boardwalk. ...
Divorce of any kind can be a gut-wrenching experience. Military divorces take the normal stress and amplify it, making military divorce more complicated and messier than civilian divorce. One reason? Federal benefits, such as the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP), often accrue to both military member and spouse. Disentangling SBP after divorce adds a layer of complexity to a Virginia divorce. What is ...
The common cuckoo bird engages in a brutal behavior scientists call brood parasitism1. The female cuckoo lays her eggs in other birds' nests. Quick-hatching cuckoo chicks hatch before their nestmates. They push the other bird eggs out of the nest to the ground below, leaving the foster bird mom to feed only the cuckoo. From the cuckoo we get the ...
Which lasts longer, the anger you feel during a contentious divorce, or the damage done to your family? When laid out in stark terms, the price of a family feud during a divorce becomes clear: your future relationships with children, extended family, and the mother of your children. The Unintentional Injury to Children of Divorce The American Association for Marriage ...