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This site is different than most other health related websites. Here we focus on some of the most challenging diseases and social issues that face us all.

From dating after divorce to colon cancer, psorisis and obesity. Our focus is to take these issues and show you how you can both prevent them, cope with them and even cure them.

Dating After Divorce

According to enrichment journal on the divorce rate in America is:

For the first marriage is 41%
For the second marriage is 60%
For the third marriage is 73%

It seems it gets easier to divorce as experience grows.

And if you think this is an American problem, think again.

Some facts about the divorce rates in Canada

Almost 75% of Canadian divorces are being initiated by women.
One year after separation or divorce, 50% of children of divorced or separated families never see their fathers again.
First marriages have about a 50% chance of ending in divorce , that risk becomes greater with each successive marriage (about 72% for second, and about 85% for third marriages).

According to statistics from Divorce Magazine:

Single fathers
Single fathers with their own household:	1.786 million
Single fathers living in the home of a relative:	240,000
Single fathers who are divorced:	913,000
Single fathers raising one child:	1,300,000
Single fathers raising four or more children:	55,000
Single Mothers
Single mothers with their own household:	7.571 million
Single mothers living in the home of a relative:	1.633 million
ingle mothers who are divorced:	3.392 million
single mothers raising one child:	5.239 million
single mothers raising four or more children:	475,000

If somehow you think this is a "private" matter ... wrong!

We all pay the cost for divorce.

Fatherless homes account for:

63% of youth suicides,
90% of homeless/runaway children,
85% of children with behavior problems,
71% of high school dropouts,
85% of youths in prison,
well over 50% of teen mothers.

Please, take a look at the Dating After Divorce. Its a powerful book that will help you survive this transition.

We may not be able to stop divorce, but together maybe we can lower the rate of future divorces by being careful and understanding how to build solid relationships.