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By STEVE DOUGHTY - Hey father - leave your kids alone! Boy toddlers looked after by their father are worse academically when they start school than those who had less paternal contact function show(boxid) { if (boxid == 'one') { hideall(); showstuff('one'); } if (boxid == '...

Divorce website to help children Divorce can be a painful process for children A UK website designed to comfort children whose parents are splitting up has been launched. The site, created by the children's charity NCH, attempts to "demystify" the divorce proce...

Dealing with Teenage Truancy Every year hundreds of thousands of UK students play truant. The government has recently spent over £1 billion trying to tackle the issue but little has changed. Although it is only less than 5% of students who play truant routinely, obviously...

Parenting & Divorce The reality of divorce is that you are separated from your children for periods of time, and they are separated from you. Their reaction to this change in their life is the most important part of divorce. Divorce affects children for the rest...

Pressure from other family members is responsible for nearly a fifth of all marriage break-ups, according to a survey of lawyers who advise on divorce cases.   A report published today reveals that nearly 20 per cent of divorcees cite pressure from their families as the reason for their sp...