When doctors told Nancy Boltz at 19 that she wouldn’t be able to have children, she was nonplussed, “Oh, well, I didn’t want to have kids anyway,” she said, taking it in stride. “I used to role play with Barbies and I was always the career woman who had no children and sometimes was not even married.” In real life, Nancy did marry. And though her husband Stan wanted a family, he accepted Nancy’s choice. In the ensuing years, she worked... > Full Story

As difficult as separation or divorce may be for a couple, it can be very troubling for children. Virtually all children whose parents are separating experience painful feelings...

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