children are "damaged" by shared care

From what I read this article is suggesting that any overnight contact is damaging to children.

I would have thought it''s hostile separations that cause children problems.

How do people know who does shared-care?

We''ve never told anyone at school, I would have thought amicable, shared-care, has got to be good for children.

Ruby,
Could you please put up the other article also,being an old bird and so not computer savvy I have not got a clue;)

Afon Xxx

Children Brain Damaged by Sleepovers with Dad?

This is a summary article, which contains not just the media articles about MS Leach''s claims, but also the research that proves these claims are absurd, including the most recent research by Richard Warshack.

I''m afraid I don''t trust the press spin and if I''m interested in a story I look up the source of information. In this case there doesn''t appear to be any, no press release, nothing apart from the video interview with Tim Loughton where Penelope says "children need the security of the place called home and who when very little shouldn''t be taken away overnight from what is usually the mother, the person they are attached to."

unbound.co.uk/books/family-breakdown

That''s very different from advocating the "primacy of the maternal bond."

As the book hasn''t yet been published it isn''t possible to verify what Penelope Leach actually said, nor evaluate the research her conclusions are based upon. So rather than jump on the bandwagon I reserve judgement.

rubytuesday wrote:

Children Brain Damaged by Sleepovers with Dad?

This is a summary article, which contains not just the media articles about MS Leach''s claims, but also the research that proves these claims are absurd, including the most recent research by Richard Warshack.

"The argument is framed around whether children who stay overnights with their dad are harmed if they are under five. This however is, in my view a red herring which simply polarises the position of mothers groups and fathers groups around a difference In research outcomes. Armed with Warshak on one side and Leach on the other, the two sides are already eyeing each other up over the divide and sabre rattling is much in evidence. Whilst this is going on however, the real issue at the heart of this matter continues to be overlooked, which is that shared care, for children of all ages, can become problematic because of attachment issues and understanding how this happens, why it happens and most of all, what to do about it when it happens …. " - Karen Woodall

karenwoodall.wordpress.com/2014/06/17/pe...he-mcintosh-mash-up/

Thanks Fiona - Karen''s blog is, I believe, included in the summary article - and I have already read Karen''s blog earlier in the day