Monthly Member Meeting | 50/50 Parenting: Science vs Myths and Misunderstandings

CLEs Approved for:
1 General CLE Credit
1 Marital and Family Law Certification Credit

Description:
50/50 Parenting: Science vs Myths and Misunderstandings addresses the common questions and concerns of parents and practitioners about the healthiest parenting schedule when parents live apart. Unpacking decades of social science, journalist Emma Johnson relies on data to explain why a presumption of equal parenting time is snowballing in popularity in the United States and around the world.

Key takeaways:

• What decades of research finds re: child outcomes
• What the data says about 50/50 parenting, intimate partner violence and child abuse
• How parenting schedules impact moms and dads
• What to do when 50/50 is not possible or safe
• Why a presumption of 50/50 time sharing lowers conflict, lowers court appearances and helps families move forward after a breakup with love

Emma Johnson – Biography
Emma Johnson is a business journalist, gender equality activist, best-selling author of The Kickass Single Mom (Penguin), and The 50/50 Solution (Sourcebooks) and founder of Wealthysinglemommy.com, the world’s largest platform for single moms.

A former newspaper and Associated Press reporter, Emma has been featured on New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Headline News, CNBC, NPR, TIME, Newsweek, O, The Oprah Magazine, The Doctors, and many more.

Emma frequently speaks on family and gender, and has presented on 50/50 parenting at the United Nations Summit for Gender Equality, Google, U.S. state legislative hearings, and before a council of Scottish Parliament Members. 

Emma grew up in Sycamore, Ill. with a single mom and two brothers. Today she lives in Richmond, Va., with her son, daughter and partner.