Jeffery M. Leving

The recent census data finding that for the first time the majority of American women are unmarried is being greeted in a largely celebratory tone. One newspaper explains, "Who needs...

Fundamental principles of justice, and American and international laws, all call for Elian Gonzalez to be returned to his father, Juan Gonzalez. A growing majority of the American people and...

I was dismayed in reading the April 11 editorial "It may be legal, but it isn't right," in which the Illinois Appellate Court was criticized for upholding Associate Judge Ludwig...

Vice President Al Gore's opening address at the recent National Summit on Fatherhood was a historic event for fatherhood, and I was proud to have been a participant. And the...

During the past decade, domestic violence has garnered public attention and the primary focus has been on the woman as the victim. However, there are men who also are victims...

"Ominously, the best predictor of crime is not race or poverty but the increase of the fatherless family." An interesting quote from an issue of Fortune magazine dedicated to children...

I believe a response is necessary to the recent letter, ''Sometimes divorce is the best cure,'' which appears to aggressively attack my earlier letter. I do not see the logic...

During my childhood, divorce was uncommon and seemed unusual. Close extended families were very common, and honesty, self-sacrifice and the family unit were sacred. Today, divorce rates have skyrocketed with...

A new federal welfare law soon will substantially overhaul the system of establishing and enforcing child support awards. The law may take certain families off the welfare rolls, but in...