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A former Minuteman Project volunteer faces possible 20 year sentence due to child support has been in jail for over 100 days awaiting a jury trial that is scheduled for December 3, 2007.

Judges are also placed in a very difficult position oftentimes having to make a decision about child custody in a few hours. Society is outraged over the current state of affairs in family law.

Why is it that fathers appear to be completely oblivious to the fact that their parental rights can be taken away within a nano-second of their wife filing for divorce. In the eyes of society dads are second-class parents. This needs to stop! DADS NEED TO WAKE UP!

Today's teens are becoming more violent and irresponsible perhaps as a result of parenting. This interview can shed a little light of the mentality of teenagers today. The truth can be a bit shocking.

Excited that your son or daughter will be starting college this fall? Before you break out your "To Do List," find out what role you can play to help him or her evolve into a self sufficient young adult.

It's official! August 11th 2007 Robert Pedersen and Rob Mackenzie will start their over 600 mile bicycle trek from the Lansing Capitol to Washington, D.C..

Research shows more parents are hovering over their kids' lives. Dubbed helicopter parents, they micromanage their kids from kindergarten, through college, and into adulthood. Some call the 80 million kids of baby boomers the most protected and programmed kids ever.

When children are born or adopted to parents of a same-sex relationship, the issues of child support and child custody can be complicated should the same-sex relationship become dissolved.

Helicopter parenting isn't getting a lot of positive attention from the media. What is this new parenting style, is it as detrimental as it sounds, and what can other parents learn from watching helicopter parents?

A Vermont court ordered a woman to pay $240 a month child support to her former lesbian civil-union partner.

It seems lately that a lot of people are talking about something known as Helicopter Parenting.

Helicopter parents appear to hover, always nearby to keep their children from harm or failure. But are they helping or harming their kids?

Can the involvement of helicopter parents have any effect on college graduation rates? Only 37.5% of two-year college students are graduating within 3 years.

If you receive child support for your kids through the state of Indiana and need help collecting, the IV-D program can help. The State of Indiana and the Indiana Child Support Bureau offers services to help custodial parents collect child support.

My experience with shared parenting

Addressing the need for shared parenting.

To be honest, I hadn't heard the term helicopter parents until recently and when I did and read some extreme stories of hovering parents, I thought, "Oh my gosh, I know them!" We all do.

Helicopter parenting is a term used for parents who often seek out ways to keep a close eye on their children during school activities and at home.

A review of what Helicopter parenting is, and whether or not it does more damage then good

Is it better to hover over your kids or let them be independent and make their own mistakes? This is a vote for the former.

Helicopter parents think they are looking out for the welfare of their children in the name of love. In reality, they are control freaks.

Helicopter parents are those parents that are excessively close to their children. The term comes from parents hovering over every aspect of their child's life like a helicopter.

Are you a single parent? Do you need financial help in taking care of your children? If you are not receiving child support, thing you should look into getting that started.

Divorce has a profound impact on the dynamics of parenting. In an effort to improve the parenting partnership, many courts are turning to a co-parenting concept.

Learn what to do when one spouse is a helicopter parent and the other is not.

A critique and application of the Attachment Parenting model through the lens of evolutionary biology. What can we learn from theories of the evolution of the mother-infant bond, and the role of community in child rearing?

So your child is off to college. Are you prepared, or overprepared? You may be harming your child more than helping.

Notes about Helicopter Parenting from a Helicopter Parent.

Being part of a co-parenting situation, I totally agree with Valencia Higuera's article Co-Parenting: The Best of Dual Households. Although the tips she gives aren't always easy for a family to follow, they're very important

A definition of Dr. Sears' "Attachment Parenting" philosophy and a personal account of how it's worked for me.

United Van Lines releases a annual migration study across the United States. This is nothing to be proud of if you are Jennifer Granholm: Michigan tied at #1 for the highest outbound rate in THE ENTIRE COUNTRY!

The 2008 event is already shaping up to become even more significant. Five fathers will pedal 758 miles to bring awareness of a child's fundamental right to be loved, guided, educated and nurtured equally by both fit and willing parents

I have a great relationship with my teenage son. It's not because I'm perfect or our lives have been easy. Quite the contrary, our lives have been ridden with one challenge after another.

A humorous look at the college life from the parental point of view.

Michigan Democrats do not care about your fundamental liberties! They have essentially betrayed Michigan families and children by their actions while slowly stripping our rights away from us. Perhaps Lincoln was right?

Wayne County Michigan. A carjacker assaulted a 91 year old WWII veteran in Detroit's West Side! You can watch the shocking video here. This is such a horrible thing to have happen to an elderly man and also to a veteran.

Kids are having sex at alarmingly young ages. What should responsible parents do about it. My answer is controversial, but also irrefutable. Take a look.

Babies six months and up are exploring a whole new world with their new found mobility and they seek new experiences.

This is a highly controversial topic amongst many families who are entangled up in this never ending debate of child support.

You've finally found your match. The two of you are considering purchasing a new home, a new car or maybe having children. Suddenly the ex from the past arises like the sun for all to see and files for child support. What now?

State agencies not doing their jobs in securing your child support payments. Don't give up, there is hope.

More and more couples are divorcing. Child support is part of the divorce process. Read the top child support payment questions and answers.