Challenges Faced by Fathers in a Divorce Support Group

Frieman, Barry B.

doi:10.1300/j087v37n01_10

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“…Perhaps some nonbiological mothers, especially those who had less contact with participants, wanted joint custody but, lacking equal legal or biological footing with their ex‐partners, felt pressured to comply with their ex‐partners' preferences for fear of losing contact with their children. Research on heterosexual divorce suggests that in some cases, fathers want joint custody but do not pursue it in court because they believe that judges will rule against them, given the bias against fathers in family court (Frieman, ; Nielsen, ). Research on heterosexual divorcing parents has found that court involvement, especially when contentious, is linked to poor coparental relationships (Baum, ).…”

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Same‐Sex Relationship Dissolution and LGB Stepfamily Formation: Perspectives of Young Adults with LGB Parents

Goldberg

Allen

2013

Family Relations

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Research has increasingly focused on intentional or planned lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB)-parent families; however, how young adults in these families navigate the aftermath of parental break-up and subsequent repartnering is unexamined. This qualitative study of 20 young adults who had experienced their LGB parents' relationship dissolution and/or the formation of an LGB stepfamily examined how young adults perceived their parents' relational transitions and their own relationships with stepparents and siblings. Results indicated that (a) nearly all families negotiated relational transitions (e.g., relationship dissolutions) informally and without legal intervention, (b) young adults perceived both advantages and disadvantages in the ambiguity surrounding their family's nonlegal status, (c) relationships with biological mothers were the strongest tie from break-up to repartnering and stepfamily formation, (d) geographic distance from their nonbiological parents created hardships in interpersonal closeness, (e) yet, on the whole, young people perceived their

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Same‐Sex Relationship Dissolution and LGB Stepfamily Formation: Perspectives of Young Adults with LGB Parents

Goldberg

Allen

2013

Family Relations

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“…Gradually, they become recognised by others and recognise themselves as full members of the community, contributing to it by asking and answering questions, taking part in forum discussions, and offering and receiving support. At the same time, they develop a view of themselves as a divorcing person, an understanding of possible emotional, practical and legal trajectories through the divorce experience, and an increased sense of cohesion and control in relation to the identity shifts that accompany divorce (Frieman, 2002;Sakraida, 2005;Willen & Montgomery, 2006;Kramrei et al, 2007;Gregson & Ceynar, 2009).…”

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Online Learning in Divorce: How the Formation of a Community of Practice in a Divorce Support Website Enables and Inhibits Learning

Paechter

2012

E-Learning and Digital Media

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This article is about the informal learning that took place in an online divorce support and advice forum. In it, the author discusses the formation of a community of practice among the members during the first nine months of the site's operation. The author shows how the key markers of mutual engagement, joint enterprise and shared repertoire developed between members, and argues that the community of practice both enhanced and inhibited learning among its members. In particular, the author suggests that members learned not only the knowledge about divorce law provided by others on the site as a form of public good, but they also learned ways of coping with divorce, with their exspouse and with the legal system generally. At the same time, however, some group practices inhibited learning, both for those participating in the community and for those excluded by members. The author concludes with suggestions for developing similar online communities of practice.

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“…The men reported benefits in sharing with other men, helping others deal with their problems, and finding emotional support and parenting support (Lehr and MacMillan, 2001). Fathers in a professionally run support group for divorcing men reported that they learned techniques to deal with the stress generated by divorce; positive ways to deal with their children; and how to heal and resume their lives (Frieman, 2002). Children of non-resident fathers who participated in the Dads For Life program showed beneficial effects, especially if they were relatively impaired when the program began (Braver et al, 2005a).…”

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Separated Fathers and the ‘Fathers’ Rights' Movement

Flood

2012

Journal of Family Studies

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Separated fathers often feel profound grief, distress, and anger at the end of their relationships with their partners and their children. Some participate in 'fathers' rights' groups, a movement which claims to advocate on behalf of men and fathers who are the victims of discrimination and injustice in the Family Court and elsewhere. Yet such groups may do little to help fathers heal or to build or maintain ongoing and positive relationships with their children. Some men do find support in these groups, but they also may be incited into anger, blame, and destructive strategies of litigation.Using a framework of three domains of impact -fathers' responses to and recovery from separation, fathers' relations with children, and fathers' relations with their expartners -this paper proposes that fathers' rights groups are detrimental for fathers themselves. However, other responses to separated fathers are more constructive.

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Challenges Faced by Fathers in a Divorce Support Group

Cited by 13 publications

References 5 publications

Same‐Sex Relationship Dissolution and LGB Stepfamily Formation: Perspectives of Young Adults with LGB Parents

Same‐Sex Relationship Dissolution and LGB Stepfamily Formation: Perspectives of Young Adults with LGB Parents

Online Learning in Divorce: How the Formation of a Community of Practice in a Divorce Support Website Enables and Inhibits Learning

Separated Fathers and the ‘Fathers’ Rights' Movement

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