Children and Divorce
{3 minutes to read} Over the years, I have encountered in my practice a few situations where parents were so caught up in their own divorce drama, that they forgot about the impact of their actions on their children. Here are some of those real-life cases: 1. A divorced couple agrees to live separately within the…
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{3:42 minutes to read} Bringing a step-relative into the family structure can be challenging for everyone, or very successful, as the following story illustrates. Recently, I was visiting a family of 7; a couple with 4 children, from ages 7 to 11, and a new puppy. One grandmother was there with her significant other—we will…
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{4:24 minutes to read} Many couples going through divorce have to make huge efforts to protect their children from their conflict. Unfortunately, once in awhile, the stress is so high that their emotions get the better part of them, and the child gets pulled into their drama. I worked with a family who unfortunately continued…
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{1:53 minutes to read} What’s in this two-letter word? A lot! Someone you loved Someone with whom you may have had children Someone with whom you shared many things, good and bad And now someone from whom you are probably separated or divorced. WIKIPEDIA says: In social relationships, an ex (plural is exes) is someone…
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In “being a parent post-divorce”, we discussed all the different points that can help divorced parents work together in co-parenting their children. But what happens when parents don’t agree and are not able to make joint decisions? When I work with couples going through divorce, they often ask, “What happens if we disagree with each…
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