Fighting insomnia? We recommend visiting The University of Queensland (Australia) website1 dedicated to the Pitch Drop Experiment. Thrill to seeing live webcam views of pitch, a substance that literally moves at a glacial pace, as it drips from a funnel. A funnel set up in 1927. A funnel with pitch in it intended to demonstrate whether pitch is a solid ...
At least 95 percent of non-human mammals show little or no fathering, according to Oxford Scholarship.1 This puts human dads in a distinct evolutionary minority and makes us wonder, why does fatherhood exist? What purpose does it serve? Are You the Wolf or the Bonobo? The experts at Parenting Science point out2 that male wolves are far more fatherly to ...
The comedian W.C. Fields offered a bit of advice to a man suffering insomnia: “Oh, insomnia. I know a good cure for it - get plenty of sleep...” If you are having trouble getting a restful night’s sleep because of paternal custody issues in Virginia, consider these facts. They could make you toss and turn more, or they could be ...
For most men, dealings with Virginia’s legal system are rare and unusual experiences. Whether struggling through a divorce, seeking spousal support or facing a paternity suit, your time with a family law attorney will be new territory—for you. For your attorney, you may be one of hundreds such cases. For men, using a men’s rights law firm that represents men ...
Writer Saul Bellow once said, “When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.”1 Most people pick and choose advice to reinforce their original inclinations. If you are a divorced dad interested in rejoining the dating world, you are looking for ideas that support your yearning to connect to someone other than your kids’ mother. Get Out ...
Check out our Virginia Child Support Calculator Many of our previous articles have taken a light tone to some topics. This will not be one of those posts. The simple question, “Can I go to jail for not paying child support?” does not get asked casually. Only two reasons exist to ask this: either you are exploring ...
Actor Chris Pratt has a 3-year-old son. Son Jack “borrowed” Pratt’s phone to take a picture, and dropped the phone in the pool. Such is the life of a dad. Being a single dad (we should point out that Pratt is married to actress Anna Faris) can be even more challenging than the occasional soggy phone. My son, the budding ...
An old and venerated idea in psychology is summed up in Maslow’s Hierarchy. For any person to thrive, needs must be met in an ordered progression from basic survival to psychological needs to self-actualization. A parent plays a crucial role in any child’s upbringing, so most of the burden for fulfilling a helpless son’s or daughter’s needs falls to Mom ...
You may read this entry’s title and immediately think of a stream of ungenerous ideas. Something along the lines of, “My kids can learn firsthand what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, brainless, hopeless, heartless, bug-eyed, worm-headed their mother is.” (With apologies and acknowledgements to the brilliant screenwriting of John Hughes1 in National Lampoon’s Christmas ...