Failure Family Law Reform Australia
The year 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Family Law Act, the single most intrusive and destructive piece of legislation to ever pass the Australian parliament.In that time the Family Court has been the subject of dozens of government inquiries and attempts at reform on its road to becoming a cash cow for lawyers and the single most hated jurisdiction in the country.Far from the caring, helpful court promoting joint custody and cooperation after separation, as its founders envisaged, the Family Court rapidly became a law unto itself, imposing sole custody on separating families despite all the documented harm of this style of custody order, while denying non-custodial parents contact with their children on the flimsiest of excuses.Overly legalistic, enormously bureaucratic, secretive, and unaccountable, defying public norms of decency and probity, the ideologically driven Family Court and its so-called evil sister the Child Support Agency have remained remarkably resistant to reform and indifferent to the public odium they attract.Successive governments from both left and right have failed to listen to their constituents and respond to their concerns. They have resorted to vested inquiries in the hands of the mandarins and publicly funded elites whose feigned attempts to listen to the views of ordinary people are a stain on the Australian Public Service.In terms of human suffering, the Australian public has already paid dearly for the failure to fix outdated, badly administered and inappropriate institutions dealing with family breakdown. The country's failure to reform family law and child support is ultimately a failure of democracy itself.
Analysing American Advice Books for Single Mothers Raising Sons
Temporary Gods and Arbitrary Arrangements
Joseph travels through his relationship with his wife and family as she struggles with the ravages of Multiple Sclerosis. It is a daunting journey skipping back and forth through the college years, dating and marriage, the children, the disease, the emotional ups and downs suffered by the husband, the caretaker. It is a touching story that is never boring. It deals with the aspects of love, responsibility, care-griving and the depression and sorrow that can be resultant regarding MS.
Love in the Loop, Navigating Relationships, Careers, and Faith with Artificial Intelligence
The Empowered Parent
NAVIGATE THE WORLD OF SPECIAL NEEDS WITH STRENGTH AND CLARITY Receiving a diagnosis for your child can be a life-changing moment filled with uncertainty and emotion. In her first book, The Empowered Parent, Kristen offers a compassionate, friendly, and straightforward guide for parents facing this challenge. Drawing from personal experience, this book provides a roadmap for navigating the complexities of a special-needs diagnosis. From understanding the medical terminology to advocating for your child's needs in educational and healthcare settings, Kristen equips parents with the tools and confidence needed to support their child's unique journey.
I Was Number 13
I Was Number 13 Jack has documented a short history of his parents and their very large family as well as his growing up as the last child. (NUMBER 13)
Anger Management Solutions for Parents
Some parents worry, "I don't have time to read a whole book on this." But this book is crafted for your busy schedule, offering concise and digestible solutions you can apply immediately. You won't be drowning in academic jargon or shamed for your emotions. Instead, you'll find empathetic guidance and a supportive tone throughout.Whether you're a single parent or co-parenting, these versatile techniques cater to all scenarios, including those peculiar parenting challenges when you least expect them.Each chapter is a bite-sized piece of wisdom, fine-tuned to fit snugly into your day, no matter how hectic life feels. Whether you're a single parent or co-parenting, these versatile techniques cater to all scenarios, including those peculiar parenting challenges when you least expect them.Inside, you'll learn how to:
Stepmomming Made Easy
Step up to stepmomming with confidence with proven, expert advice from a Certified Stepparent Coach In Stepmomming Made Easy: Strategies, Tools, and Everything Else You Need to Know, Certified Stepparent Coach Kristen Skiles delivers an inspiring and practical walkthrough of how to find peace, happiness, and fulfillment in your blended family. The author explains the roles of the various players involved in the blended family experience, and she shares hands-on strategies and mindsets that will help you adapt to your new role as a stepmom. You'll explore the six key steps to a lasting, fulfilling life as a stepmom: developing an attitude of self-worth, defining your stepmom role, discovering balanced self-fulfillment, building an unshakeable relationship with your partner, taking back control, and finding a community that truly gets it. You'll also find: Strategies to help you recognize your emotional needs and set boundaries Techniques to generate "quick wins" near the beginning of your relationship, including ways to protect your core values and create realistic house rules Insightful discussions of how stepfamilies are different from nuclear families and why they require a different approach Perfect for new, soon-to-be, and struggling stepmoms looking for support and opportunities to build important skills, Stepmomming Made Easy is also a can't-miss resource for counselors, marriage coaches, partners, and anyone else involved--on a personal or professional level--with a blended family.
Maternal Narratives in Public Contexts
In this book, authors explore the underpinnings of maternal identity in contemporary culture through analyses of images, definitions, behaviors, and ideologies found in film, television, and social media contexts and in academic, corporate, and political spheres. The book reveals how we define, recognize, and enact maternal identity.
Remembering What Matters Most
Are You Called To Protect Your Children's Childhood While Living According To What Matters Most To You?We're in the midst of an unprecedented and far-reaching experiment on childhood in The Age of Technology that is changing what our children value, how they socialize, how they feel about themselves, and so much more.In this call to courage, parents are supported in raising their children based on what they value most, the needs of the present moment, and what it is that is essential to childhood. Taken together, these principles serve as a foundation from which parents are able to decide, with clarity and intention, how, when and where the technologies are allowed into their child's life.This deeply experiential book encourages parents to tap into timeless truths about the sacredness of our homes and the real needs of children while challenging the modern day notion that the technologies must play a central role in childhood.Remembering What Matters Most invites parents to embrace uncertainty, question easy answers, and be wary of quick fixes; opting instead for a long-term perspective that spans the lifetime of their child while developing the foresight to decide whether a machine or a parent will be in charge of a human life.Susan McNamara, M.A., CHHC moved out to the woods of Western Massachusetts with her husband and two children with the aim of living closer to the land and closer to what it is that human beings actually need to thrive. For more than a quarter of a century she has been focused on living according to what matters most to her.
The Stoic Mindset - Parenting from a Stoic Perspective Vol. 1
