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Louis de Bernières shares the parenting
In a booklet published by FNF Scotland as background to our Holyrood event, an interview with celebrated author Louis de Bernières describes his experience of a traumatic family separation followed by...
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Holyrood event hears how shared parenting works in Sweden
40% of separated families in Sweden share the care of their children equally, and there are significant benefits for children and young people from this sharing of parental care. At an event at the...
View Article"Why should they live more with one of us when they are children to us both?"
Dr Malin Bergström of the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm presented her research insights into the comparative benefits for children in Sweden of agreed shared parenting to FNF Scotland's 5th...
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Training session on the new child maintenance system
As the new system for child maintenance (CS3) comes into use for many families, FNF Scotland is holding a training session in Edinburgh on Tuesday 17th January from 7-9pm. John Fotheringham, a Scottish...
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Yellow ribbon christmas tree for those who won't see their children
A christmas tree has been placed at the Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh's Royal Mile as a small symbol for parents who are prevented from seeing their children at Christmas. Tim Porteus, himself a...
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Parent Survival Guide magazine
PSG, a new online magazine covering various aspects of parental alienation is being published by Simply Parent organisation. Contributors include Jennifer Harman, co-author of the Parents Acting Badly...
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Child health problems caused by court decisions
Dr VezzettiA wide-ranging review paper by Dr Vittorio Vezzetti published in Health Psychology Open documents the children's health problems that can result from inappropriate family court decisions....
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Courts should resolve contact cases in weeks not years
Lord GlennieAn appeal judgement from the Court of Session expresses strong concern about the way child contact cases are handled in Scottish courts. In commenting on the length of time taken to make a...
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Research studentship on father-child relationships and children’s well-being
Glasgow University Institute for Health and Wellbeing is seeking applications to undertake a PhD studentships on father-child relationships. Research on the role of fathers in children’s socialisation...
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Should Infants and Toddlers Have Frequent Overnight Parenting Time With Fathers?
Professor FabriciusSeparated fathers often face resistance when they ask for their young children to stay overnight. But a new study published in Psychology, Public Policy and Law suggests overnights...
View ArticleChild Maintenance Training notes
Following our recent training session on the changes to the child maintenance system conducted by John Fotheringham, we have produced a note summarising some of the points that were covered in the...
View ArticleGovernment has an eye on schools' engagement with non-resident parents
Glasgow Provan MSP, Ivan McKee, raised the issue of the patchy engagement of some local authorities in Scotland with non-resident parents in the Scottish Parliament on February 9th. Answering for the...
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Swedish shared residence research
Children living in shared residence (joint physical custody where the child is sharing time equally between two parent's homes) have similar outcomes to children living with two parents in the same...
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Appeal judgment confirms that child was wrongly retained in Scotland
In a Hague Convention case a three judge bench of the Court of Session last month upheld an earlier decision that a 15 month old child had been wrongly retained in Scotland by his mother and should...
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International Shared Parenting conference in Boston
The International Council on Shared Parenting are working with the American National Parents Organisation to hold a major conference in Boston on May 29-30 2017. Under the theme “Shared Parenting...
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Pakistan signs up to Hague Convention on international child abduction
On March 1st 2017 Pakistan became the 96th contracting state to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. This makes it easier for a parent to seek the return of an...
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Radio 4 hears how one Scottish school "works hard" to involve dads
From Our Home Correspondent on BBC Radio 4 broadcast an item on Sunday 26th March by John Forsyth about the recent Boys Night at St Patrick's Primary School in Denny. He described how the Boys Night,...
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Audit Office criticises child support changeover
A report from the National Audit Office makes strong criticism of various aspects of the Department of Work and Pension's (DWP) transfer to the new child maintenance system. The closure of the 1993...
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Fringe play addresses parental alienation
A new musical production at this year's Edinburgh Fringe - "The Way It Is" will address parental alienation. The production by 11:87 theatre company will be at venue 39 The Space on the Royal Mile from...
View ArticleResearch participants wanted - housing needs of non-resident parents
Research into housing of parents with less than half of parenting time. FNF in England has been asked to help find "non-resident" parents for a Cambridge University housing research project....
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