5 Big Don’ts When Telling Kids About Your Divorce

5 Big Don’ts When Telling Kids About Your Divorce

Getting ready to break the divorce news to your kids? Wondering how to approach the subject and how much to share? Concerned about how your kids will react and how to handle their questions?

Of course, you’re not alone, but that doesn’t make it feel any easier. Talking about divorce to your children is always tough. Get it wrong and you’ll face long-term consequences you may always regret.

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Co-Parenting for Your Children

Co-Parenting for Your Children

Co-parenting for your children can be a more difficult task than we expect.  Because co-parenting for your children is about them, not us, we asked a divorce specialist to answer some questions to help newly divorced moms create balance and a strong foundation for their children throughout the divorce process. See what she suggests:

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5 Secrets to Conquering Crisis

5 Secrets to Conquering Crisis

Learning how to adopt a healthy mental attitude in the face of life’s inevitable life transitions can mean the difference between despair and determination.

All of us, no matter how blessed and lucky we may be, have experienced trauma, loss, and adversity. Divorce and remarriage, a frightening illness, financial insecurity. How we cope with divorce and remarriage, however, determines whether we become overwhelmed, depressed, or ill – or if we emerge stronger, with greater confidence and wisdom.

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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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