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BORN. To OUARDA TOUIRAT, 32, the first woman to conceive naturally and give birth after a transplant of her own frozen ovarian tissue, and her husband, MALIK; a daughter, TAMARA; in Brussels. In 1997, Touirat was diagnosed with advanced Hodgkin's lymphoma. Doctors proposed the experimental technique to preserve her...
All around the country, more kids find themselves shuttling between quietly seething--or outwardly warring--parents. Mom has to raise her darling baby boy with her bitterest enemy. Dad has to negotiate ballet pickups and preteen dating policies with an ex he would rather forget. According to Isolina Ricci, author...
Joint custody blues are a sign of the times, a by-product of egalitarian marriages between working moms and involved dads, replacing the old "tender years" policy, in which mothers were routinely awarded primary custody and fathers were relegated to visitation. The reasoning behind joint custody sounds sensible. Divorce is...
For exes who find it impossible to get along, some psychologists suggest "parallel parenting." That means each household has its own set of rules, and the parents have a minimum of contact and communication. Richard Warshak, author of Divorce Poison: Protecting the Parent-Child Bond from a Vindictive Ex, estimates...
Parenting experts say legal wrangling is to be avoided if at all possible. Mediators and parent educators can help. So can new programs intended to disarm parents in contentious custody situations. Elizabeth Thayer and Jeffrey Zimmerman founded Parents Equally Allied to Co-Parent Effectively (PEACE) in 1998 to help high...