Co-Parenting: Let’s Do This!
For those who have tried and failed at co-parenting, maybe it is time to look at co-parenting differently. Do not think of it as something you are “trying” temporarily. Look at it as the form of...
View Article5 Ways To Help Your Child Adjust To Co-Parenting
This guest post was written by Terry Gaspard, MSW, LICSW Moving from one house to another can be stressful for a child after their parents’ divorce. At times, a child may balk at the prospect of...
View ArticleThe Stepmom’s Secret
Have you ever wondered what’s in it for stepmoms? Why do they do what they do? It turns out they have a secret. This one goes out to the stepmoms who have grappled with fear over losing their...
View ArticleExtending the Season: Adjusting Smoothly from Summer to Fall Time-Sharing
Over the summer, we spent a lot of time at the beach, in the pool and on the lake–loose, silly, unstructured time. Thanks to the vacation clause in our time-sharing agreements with our exes, our four...
View Article6 Dos and Don’ts of Co-Parenting Well
Whenever couples with children decide to divorce or separate, they agonize over how their children will cope with the inevitable changes that some with the split. And for good reason: children of...
View ArticleParenting Together: Authoritarian vs. Permissive Parenting
We all come to parenting from different yet similar places. We experienced what our parents did with us and our spouses and generally try to go from there. While co-parenting it can be difficult to...
View ArticleCommon Co-Parenting Issues
Co-parenting can be one of the most difficult things you may ever do. It is fraught with pitfalls and land mines. Confusing the issue of co-parenting is animosity between parents and the tendency to...
View ArticleCo-Parenting: 5 Steps to Avoiding Conflict Escalation
We all want our children to have the best in life. But when the best in life has multiple definitions and there are two opposing parental opinions as to which is better, what do you do? When there is...
View ArticleSix Ways to Make Co-Parenting Less Stressful
Co-parenting can be difficult, stressful and heart wrenching; however, successful co-parenting is the one thing you must learn to do in order to raise happy, healthy and emotionally secure children....
View ArticleThe Other Parent – Including the Ones you Left Behind
Divorce can be a messy subject. Many times divorce comes from broken trust and inconsolable differences. Many times the issue of divorce can leave ex-spouses unable to speak with each other, let alone...
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