Marriage Problems: 25 Marriage Mistakes That Lead To Divorce,

What drives a couple to divorce?

On Monday, relationship coach Teresa Atkin weighed in with some of the most common marriage issues she sees among her clients, from dwelling on what's wrong in the relationship instead of what's good, to living parallel lives with your spouse.

"Living parallel lives with your husband is the slippery slope to disconnecting completely," Atkin said. "The bonds of marriage thrive on having interest in one another, working toward common goals and spending time with one another. Couples who are trying to reconnect after their children have left home often come to realize that they don't know each other anymore."

Inspired by Atkin's list, we decided to ask our readers on Facebook and Twitter to consider other marriage mistakes that often lead to divorce. Click through the slides below to see what they had to say, then head to the comments and share the relationship issues you believe have the potential to end a marriage.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/03/marriage-problems_n_3379902.html?1370289939

The links between child protection and population dynamics

By Family forver.org,  11 March 2013

Globally, populations are changing at a rapid rate, and it is essential that any efforts designed to improve the well-being of societies recognise and respond to these changes. This includes the design of the framework that will replace the current Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and consultations on the content of this framework rightly include specific attention to population dynamics. Key trends identified by the background paper for the Global Thematic Consultation on Population Dynamics in the Post-2015 Development Agenda include: population growth, population ageing, urbanisation and migration. In this paper we focus on some of these trends to illustrate the major impact of population dynamics on children, with a particular emphasis on their care and protection. We focus specifically on:

 • The rising numbers of children in the developing world, many of whom are at risk as a consequence of living outside of parental care
 • The growing rates of child migration and consequent exposure to trafficking and other forms of exploitation, abuse and neglect
 •  The impacts of rising adult migration on the children who are left behind
 • The increasing vulnerability of children as a result of urbanisation
 • The phenomenon of ‘skipped-generation’ households and the impacts on children and older people of the rising use of grandparent care.

Through these examples, we argue that several major population trends are leading to boys and girls around the world becoming increasingly exposed to inadequate care, exploitation, abuse and neglect. This combined evidence suggests that a post-MDG framework which acknowledges the dynamic needs of populations must consider the growing importance of a focus on children’s protection and care, an area neglected by the current MDGs.

Read other papers in this inter-agency series, written for the UN's thematic consultations on the post-MDG framework:

• Protect my future. Why child protection matters. (overview paper)
• The links between child protection and equity
• The links between child protection and health and survival
• The links between child protection and good governance
• The links between child protection and population dynamics
• The links between child protection and disasters, conflict and fragility

http://www.familyforeverychild.org/knowledge-centre/links-between-child-protection-and-population-dynamics 

 

The links between child protection and disasters, conflict and fragility

By: Janis Ridsdel, Plan International & Christine McCormick, Save the Children

13 March 2013

Since 2000, 2.3 billion people have been directly affected by disasters and in 2011 alone almost 200 million people were affected, including 100 million children (Gupa-Sapir, Santos and Bordre 2013). Conflict, disasters and fragility have devastating effects on children’s lives, and have contributed to the wider global crisis in child protection. For example, children may become separated from families during crisis periods or exposed to violence, abuse and child labour as a consequence of the impact of conflict and disasters on household poverty and livelihood practices, and in conflict situations, children are often forced to join armed forces or groups (CPWG 2012; Child Soldiers International 2012). Fragile states commonly lack even basic effective child protection measures, and children are at particular risk of many forms of abuse and exploitation in such settings (World Vision 2012). Despite the heightened vulnerability of girls and boys during and after conflict and disasters, currently humanitarian action does not give adequate priority to child protection and care, a situation that reflects the broader lack of attention given to this important issue in fragile and non-fragile states.

 In this paper, we examine the implications of this lack of prioritisation for the post-2015 development framework, arguing that this framework must include a goal and target on child protection that applies to both fragile and non-fragile states, and makes specific reference to emergency contexts.
Read other papers in this inter-agency series, written for the UN's thematic consultations on the post-MDG framework.
• Why child protection matters (series overview)
• The links between child protection and equity
• The links between child protection and health and survival
• The links between child protection and good governance
• The links between child protection and employment and growth
• The links between child protection and disasters, conflict and fragility

 http://www.familyforeverychild.org/knowledge-centre/links-between-child-protection-and-disasters-conflict-and-fragility

 The links between child protection and employment and growth,

 

 Dr Josiah Kaplan and Dr Nicola Jones of the Overseas Development Institute, 

28 May 2013

Economic growth has the potential to free children from the worst forms of exploitation and violence, strengthen the reach and effectiveness of child protection services, and increase opportunities for human capital formation later in life. Economic growth could, in turn, be enhanced by improvements in child protection, as gaps in children’s education, nutrition, health and psychosocial development resulting from child protection deficits severely diminish individuals’ later productive capacities as adults, while increasing the subsequent cost of social services. At the same time, however, we recognise that economic growth alone is an insufficient indicator of children’s well-being, particularly when such growth occurs without equitable and inclusive social development for children. In periods of rapid growth and development in particular, new opportunities may bring new threats to children’s protection or exacerbate existing threats – a point that is far too often overlooked in discussions of pro-poor growth.

This report emphasises the value of integrating a life cycle approach into the conceptualisation of inclusive growth and employment whereby childhood is considered as a time for learning and development, laying the foundations for future social and economic well-being. Children need to be supported during these critical periods of learning and development and protected from labour pressures, violence, neglect, and exploitation, within the home and in all other areas of their lives.

Read other papers in this inter-agency series, written for the UN's thematic consultations on the post-MDG framework.
• Why child protection matters (series overview)
• The links between child protection and equity
• The links between child protection and health and survival
• The links between child protection and good governance
• The links between child protection and employment and growth
• The links between child protection and disasters, conflict and fragility

http://www.familyforeverychild.org/knowledge-centre/links-between-child-protection-and-employment-and-growth 

 

Protect my future; Why Child protection Matters?

 

By: Emily Delap, Head of Policy, Family for Every Children, April 15, 2013

This inter-agency paper is the culmination of a series on the links between child protection and major development goals, designed to feed into the thematic debates around the post-2015 development framework.

The alarming impacts of child protection failures are likely to grow in significance unless something is done urgently. Global trends such as climate change, migration and urbanisation are all increasing children’s vulnerability and governments are not investing enough resources in building and maintaining comprehensive child protection systems. Children around the world want more support to enable them to grow up free from violence, and within caring, safe families. 

It is therefore is essential that governments, UN agencies and other actors engaged in the design of the framework that will replace the current Millennium Development Goals in 2015:

1. Include a goal on child protection. For example: 

All children live a life free from all forms of violence, are protected in conflicts and disasters, and thrive in a safe family environment

2. Listen to the voices of children, including vulnerable and commonly excluded groups such as those without adequate care and protection, in debates around the design of the post 2015 development framework and in the implementation and monitoring of this framework.

3. Promote the equitable achievement of all other goals included in the post 2015 development framework through assessing progress within commonly excluded and discriminated against groups, including children without adequate care and protection.

 Read other papers in this inter-agency series, written for the UN's thematic consultations on the post-MDG framework:
• The links between child protection and equity
• The links between child protection and health and survival
• The links between child protection and good governance
• The links between child protection and population dynamics
• The links between child protection and disasters, conflict and fragility

(http://www.familyforeverychild.org/knowledge-centre/protect-my-future-why-child-protection-matters)

 

Secret court jails father for sending son 21st birthday greeting on Facebook after he was gagged from naming him

 

• Garry Johnson breached gagging order stopping him publicly naming son 46-year-old brought up his son and still lives with him Judge sent father to prison for contempt at a closed-doors family court Case certain to fuel concerns about Britain’s network of secret courts----

  Read more-- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2334123/Secret-court-jails-father-sending-son-21st-birthday-greeting-Facebook-gagged-naming-him.html