Malicious Mother Syndrome Malicious Mother Syndrome has been recognized as a national problem. This syndrome effects as many as six million children nationally. Cases of Malicious Mother Syndrome involve visitation interference accompanied by vicious behavior, such as violence and violations of ...

STRESS AND COPING MANAGEMENT OF TEENAGE PARENTS CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Life is a series of choices. Deciding whether to marry, whether to have children, whether to have two careers in one marriage, and whether to view a situation positively are among the more important choices you...

Julia Austerman Women and Psychology April 5, 2001 Portrait of an American Divorce I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury. -- Groucho Marx As little girls most women dreamed of the perfect wedding, the perfect husband and the perfect marriage, yet, in recent history this d...

All societies possess social standards that control the sequence and the tempo of important life occurrences. Frank Furstenberg in, Unplanned Parenthood introduces this notion of social standards through what he terms the normative schedule. According to Furstenberg normative schedules are, "prescr...