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Child Arrangements: Why not 50:50 shared care for your child?
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Child Arrangements: Why not 50:50 shared care for your child?

Child Arrangements post-divorce are a challenging time for all parties involved – no more so than the children who are or at least should be, at the centre of focus for the separating families. Too often we hear of warring ex-couples, of children ‘caught in the middle’ and of legal fees amounting into thousands. As a society, we’ve recently noticed that male suicide is high, … Continue reading Child Arrangements: Why not 50:50 shared care for your child?

Adam
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German Vice-Chancellor takes time off to pick up daughter

As far as headlines go, it’s a pretty crummy one. I mean, should it even be news that a father picks up his daughter… even less so when you realise that the news is that he intends to pick her up just once a week. But sadly this non-story has made the headlines in the German national press, the international press, and even on the … Continue reading German Vice-Chancellor takes time off to pick up daughter

James Cole
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The costs of childcare

Childcare costs. A lot. People who earn little get significant state help and subsidy. And so they should – a low-income family’s child doesn’t cost them half as much to care for as the child of a family earning twice as much. It costs the same per hour/day/week for childcare regardless of your salary. Obviously there are more and less expensive nurseries, child-minders, and grandparents. … Continue reading The costs of childcare

James Cole
Family

Planning finances for separation or divorce

Sadly not all relationships last forever, and when you have children together, it makes separation more difficult on both a practical and emotional level. We will look at the various considerations involved in separation and divorce in a number of posts on this site, but for this article we will be concentrating on the financial implications and planning needed. Tesco Clubcard Yes it may seem … Continue reading Planning finances for separation or divorce

Adam
Family, Work

Can Women have it all?

Fascinating article from Anne-Marie Slaughter (twitter) in the July/August issue of the Atlantic on Why Women Still Can’t Have It All. The article explores her time working in Washington having ‘made it’ with a high-powered and important career, albeit one that involved spending huge amounts of time away from her children. Her children were not, of course, neglected – aside from missing their mother, they were … Continue reading Can Women have it all?

James Cole