Nothing puts a strain on a relationship quite like having a kid. But what causes some couples to break up while others manage to weather the storm wreaked by the pitter patter of tiny feet?
Researchers in Sweden analyzed data from 2012 that found as many as one in three couples with young children separates. Parents in the study were questioned at three points after the birth of their first child: 6 months old, 4 years-old, and 8 years-old.
After the four-year mark, many of the couples had split.
The Ontario government has come up with a novel way to out parents who've opted out of paying child support. The Ministry of Community and Social Services launched a new website, aptly called goodparentspay.com, that effectively posts mugshots and personal details of (mainly) deadbeat dads in the hopes of tracking them down and serving up some justice.
When we think of gender inequality, we tend to think about careers rather than biology. But when it comes to fertility, women inevitably draw the short straw. While men have no worries when it comes to fathering, the clock shows no such mercy for women. For those whose marriages unravel before they manage to start a family, divorce carries with it a double edge sword. By the time they meet a new partner, such women may be too old to fall pregnant.
How many siblings do you have? A new study from the Ohio State University claims the number of brothers and sisters you have growing up plays a role in your risk of divorce later in life.
What started as an ironic school project has turned a 15-year-old British schoolgirl into a fashion celebrity, according to an article in the Daily Mail. When Demi Barnes shared a picture of the wedding dress she made out of genuine divorce papers on Facebook, she had no idea the photo would rack up more than 40,000 'likes.'
Does marriage make you fat? Apparently so, according to a study from a Dallas University reported in Science Daily. And the happier you are in the early years of marriage, the more likely you are to pack on the pounds.
Hey career girl, forget all about climbing the slippery ladder and get thee a clever husband. While it sounds like advice straight from a 1950s handbook, Susan Patton’s open letter to the editor of the Daily Princetonian is dead earnest.
It has all the hallmarks of Hollywood. A boy who was disappeared in Indiana with his grandparents 19 years ago has been found living in a different state, under a different name.
According to an article in the Star, five-year-old Richard Wayne Landers Jr. was ultimately traced by his Social Security Identification number in Minnesota. He's now 24.
If you thought the key to marital bliss was splitting domestic chores down the middle, think again.
According to an article in the Globe and Mail, which draws on a Norwegian study, divorce rates are actually higher—as much as 50 per cent higher—among those who share the workload.