couples

Women's depression might hamper a smooth relationship--study

Depression eats away at the very core of an intimate, romantic relationship. Partners in love alienate from each other as the shadow of depression descends on even one of them.

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Depression impairs what psychologists term as 'empathic accuracy'- and that can aggravate alienation, depression, and the intimate cycle by which they feed each other, reports a study in 'Psychological Science,' a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

It chips away at the cognition to perceive the significant other's thoughts and feelings impeding an affectionate understanding between themselves.

UK’s leading doctor allegedly involved in illegal sex selection practice

Charles Kingsland, a leading gynecologist in the UK is said to be involved in practice of referring couples wanting to choose the sex of their unborn baby to Northern Cyprus.

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Reportedly, 53-year-old is making huge amount of money by referring at least one woman in a week to a clinic in Northern Cyprus for sex selection procedure that is illegal in Britain under the Human Fertilization and Embryo Act 2008.

Though the procedure is illegal in the UK, it’s only permissible if there are dangers of gender-related diseases, like haemophilia and muscular dystrophy.

Parents sharing caregiving for kids have conflicts--study

Parents sharing caregiving for children experience more conflict as compared to those where the mother is the sole caregiver, reveals a recent study.

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Parents have less arguments or conflicts if the father spends more time playing with children rather than feeding or bathing kids.

However, this might not hold true for every family, according to Prof. Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan at Ohio State University.

"I don't think this means that for every family, a father being involved in caregiving is a bad thing," she said.

"But it is not the recipe for all couples. You can certainly have a solid co-parenting relationship without sharing caregiving responsibilities equally."

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