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Laura’s story | “I grew up in a world where marriage didn’t mean anything, and nobody stuck around for very long.”

Laura’s story | “I grew up in a world where marriage didn’t mean anything, and nobody stuck around for very long.”

by Them Before Us | Sep 30, 2019 | Stories | 13 comments

I was nine years old when my parents told me they were getting a divorce. I was coming home from summer camp. I’d had a horseback-riding accident at camp and fell on my arm. I needed to see a doctor. My parents picked me up together. I told them about my arm, but they...
“My parents’ divorce had left me with a deep wound. One that affected my marriage, my motherhood, my friendships and my life as an adult.”

“My parents’ divorce had left me with a deep wound. One that affected my marriage, my motherhood, my friendships and my life as an adult.”

by Them Before Us | May 1, 2019 | Stories | 1 comment

(Originally Published at Born To Do This) “Dad seems sad…Can dads get sad?” I said to myself, bewildered as my four-year-old hand reached desperately for whatever scratch paper and pencil I could find. Like looking for a clean rag to put pressure on a bleeding wound,...
It’s Time to Put #ThemBeforeUs: The Global Movement for Children’s Rights

It’s Time to Put #ThemBeforeUs: The Global Movement for Children’s Rights

by Katy Faust | Jan 22, 2019 | Foundations, The Latest

(Originally published at Public Discourse) I started writing about why marriage is a children’s rights issue in 2012 following President Obama’s “evolution” on the subject of gay marriage when it seemed that everybody, especially the media, finally felt free to play...
Another study reveals what we already know; divorce mentally and emotionally damages children.

Another study reveals what we already know; divorce mentally and emotionally damages children.

by Stacy Manning | Jan 18, 2019 | Studies | 4 comments

In order to mitigate the suffering and devastation of your children after divorce, the Millennium Cohort Study has revealed that it’s better for kids if you rip the rug out from under them when they are between the ages of three and seven. In other words, get out...
You care about children at the border?  Then you should care about the rights of all children.

You care about children at the border? Then you should care about the rights of all children.

by Katy Faust | Jun 21, 2018 | The Latest

“It’s horrendous: The heartache of a migrant boy taken from his father.” “It’s inhumane: Hollywood protests separation of children from their parents.” “Newborn separated from mother while she was breastfeeding.” “Hundreds of immigrant children have been taken...
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