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Parenting With Your Ex

One of the most damaging aspects of divorce consistently emphasized by researchers, mental health professionals and family courts conflict between parents. When children are exposed to heated debates,...

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6 Things Children of Divorce Want From Their Parents This Holiday Season

Dear Mom and Dad, We know this divorce stuff isn’t easy and that you’re doing the best you can. When the holidays hit, life gets a little stressful for us. Here are a couple of things we’d like you to...

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Gift Giving Tips for Divorced Parents

Molly used to love Christmas but now she can’t wait for it to be over.  Ever since her parents split, the holidays have turned into a gift-giving battleground.  Now during the holidays all her parents...

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I don’t want to!!! What to do when kids have a meltdown over seeing or...

Your stomach starts knotting up and a sense of dread washes over you. You wonder to yourself, “How did it get to be that time again so soon?” Holding your breath, you enter the room desperately hoping...

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Coparenting and Discipline Handovers: Who Gets To Call The Shots?

Kids act up. Testing limits is just part of the package. Deciding what to do about your child’s momentary lapses in judgement is one of the challenges of being a parent.  It gets even harder when...

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Five Things Every Kid Needs to Know When Parents Divorce

1. You don’t have to handle it all on your own. Although it may feel like the last thing in the world you want to do, talking to someone you trust really does help.  If you don’t feel like you can...

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Truthbombs about parenting and divorce for A-listers Brad Pitt and Angelina...

Since news broke about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie there’s been an endless number of posts about what we can learn from the uncoupling of these A-listers.   I’ve never been thrilled about the...

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6 Things Every Divorced Parent Should “Stop Doing”

Dear Kids, I’ve been thinking about how life has changed for you. There are so many things about our divorce that I wish I could fix or make less painful for you but I can’t.  I hate that. You may not...

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Keeping Kids Out of the Middle When Parents Divorce

Every day we tell our kids to stop.  Stop arguing, stop being loud, stop touching each other… you know the drill.  Just stop.  And we expect them to do it. When parent split up kids have their own...

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Easing Back and Forth Stress for Kids After Divorce

All the things your kids needed before the divorce, they will continue to need after you split up. How those needs get met, however, can be a real challenge when parents have different parenting...

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Handling Holiday Hassles With An Ex Who Hates You

Heather felt that familiar sense of dread. December was always the worst. Although she and Brian had been divorced for over three years, the holidays continued to be complicated and miserable....

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Five Things Every Kid Needs to Know When Parents Divorce

1. You don’t have to handle it all on your own. Although it may feel like the last thing in the world you want to do, talking to someone you trust really does help.  If you don’t feel like you can...

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Truthbombs about parenting and divorce

As a divorce coach, I’ve never been thrilled about the negative images that tend to be associated with divorce. Instead of laboring over kids having a broken family, I encourage parents to frame...

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I don’t want to!!! What to do when kids have a meltdown over seeing or...

Your stomach starts knotting up and a sense of dread washes over you. You wonder to yourself, “How did it get to be that time again so soon?” Holding your breath, you enter the room desperately hoping...

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Coparenting and Discipline Handovers: Who Gets To Call The Shots?

Kids act up. Testing limits is just part of the package. Deciding what to do about your child’s momentary lapses in judgement is one of the challenges of being a parent.  It gets even harder when...

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6 Things Every Divorced Parent Should “Stop Doing”

Dear Kids, I’ve been thinking about how life has changed for you. There are so many things about our divorce that I wish I could fix or make less painful for you but I can’t.  I hate that. You may not...

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7 Ways You Might Be a KickAss CoParent and Not Even Know It.

Since Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin put “conscious uncoupling” into the limelight a few years ago, the face of coparenting has started to shift.  As a society, we seem to be embracing a new way...

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What every parent needs to know about helping kids cope with divorce

7 minute read When I coach parents about how to help their children cope with divorce, one of the first questions they often ask is “What do I say?” or “How can I talk about this?” And it’s not just...

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I don’t want to!!! What to do when kids have a meltdown over seeing or...

Your stomach starts knotting up and a sense of dread washes over you. You wonder to yourself, “How did it get to be that time again so soon?” Holding your breath, you enter the room desperately hoping...

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Coparenting and Discipline Handovers: Who Gets To Call The Shots?

Kids act up. Testing limits is just part of the package. Deciding what to do about your child’s momentary lapses in judgement is one of the challenges of being a parent.  It gets even harder when...

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