Co-Parenting Post-Divorce
{Read in 2 minutes} Co-parenting after divorce requires frequent communication between parents to ensure smooth transitions for their children between the two homes, to keep each other informed of the children’s extracurricular activities, and any important concerns involving them. Occasionally, parental exchanges may become tense, and include negative undertones and criticism, which place the children…
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{Read in 4 minutes} I was invited by Michael Lang to contribute to his recently published, multi-lingual book Family Conflict During a Pandemic: Stories of Struggle and Hope, co-authored with Peter Nicholson, in which mediators and other professionals came together to support families around the world. For this purpose, I chose two examples of divorcing…
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{3:30 minutes to read} Robert and Chris had mediated their divorce a few years back. They had agreed that since Chris was moving away to another part of the country, it would be in the children’s best interest to stay in their home with Robert and remain at the same school. Robert and Chris had…
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{2:30 minutes to read} Graduations, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, First Communions, school performances: all events that children want their parents to attend together. But what happens when parents are at such odds with one another that it is “impossible” for them to be in the same room? It’s important to remember that: This is your child’s special…
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{3 minutes to read} When hearing about parenting classes, divorcing parents sometimes wonder: “Why would I need this class? My husband and I don’t need to be told how to raise our children.” The goal of parenting classes, however, is not to tell people how to raise their children, but to help them face the…
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{3:54 minutes to read} Brad and his wife Claire had decided to divorce, and Brad paid his attorney a large retainer to file the divorce action. But when he told his wife, she proposed they resolve their divorce through mediation. Brad called me and was wondering whether they could come to mediation even though he…
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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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Divorced parents opt for Joint Legal Custody so they can make all major decisions together regarding their children’s health, education, religious upbringing and extra curricular activities. In the best of situations and immediately following a divorce when the dust has not quite settled, there can be room for misinterpretation as to where the line is…
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As far as I remember, parenting classes were originally designed to teach expectant or new parents how to take care of their newborn baby and how to handle the different stages of their early development. In the area of separation and divorce, attending parenting classes has a very different purpose. Lesley Friedland, Founder and Executive…
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“Why is it that all of a sudden when we are getting divorced, my husband wants to have so much time with our children? Why does he want to take them away from me? While we were married, I was always taking care of everything for the children, and now he wants to be super…
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