How to Create Your New Family Dynamic

How to Create Your New Family Dynamic

One of the first things we often dwell on when we are faced with divorce are all the things we won’t be able to do as a family anymore.  We remember camping trips, sports practices and games or visits with family and friends.  But, we can focus our attention on the more positive angle.  As a newly divorced Mother, you are given an opportunity to recreate and reconnect within the parameters of your new family dynamic.

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Explaining Shared Custody to the Kids

Explaining Shared Custody to the Kids

When the court awards shared or joint custody during a divorce settlement it means that the children will divided their time between both parents. Once this has been determined the parents will need to work through the details and logistics of works, school, sport and other schedules.

As parents, you will also need to explain the situations to their children. Here are some tips from www.parents.com that can help parents going through this situation.

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Unhappy Together

Unhappy Together

“We’re staying together until the kids are out of the house.” It’s the excuse many struggling couples make as to why they stay together in the face of relationship disaster. The sentiment behind the statement is admirable: “We will forge through this adversity so that our children will have a stable and strong home life.”

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Your Spouse Filed for Divorce…Now What?

Your Spouse Filed for Divorce…Now What?

Divorce is almost never easy, even when both parties agree it’s time to part ways. But what about when the request to dissolve the marriage takes one half of the couple by surprise? When one thought everything was fine and suddenly finds him/herself staring at divorce papers? What’s the best way to handle a divorce that you didn’t see coming, and certainly don’t want?

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