Parenting is challenging for everyone. Whether you are married, divorced, or a single parent, raising children is going to be one of the hardest and one of the most rewarding things you do. Divorced parents often face unique challenges that can make the process that much harder.   Having already discussed the first two subjects […]

In the introductory article in this four part series, we looked at the first item on our list of discipline-related issues that many divorced parents face when trying to co-parent – comparisons. But while it’s hard when your child compares yours and their other parent’s disciplinary style, it’s important to remember that you are in […]

Having just spent some time looking at the different ways that divorced parents can work together to build positive co-parenting communication methods, we would like to look at some of the parenting issues that divorced moms and dads often face.   Before we start, however, we would like to point out that all parents wrestle […]

This is where we wrap it up, folks. Having discussed several different ways that parents can build positive and healthy co-parenting relationships after divorce, we are going to look at the last item on our list. But just because it’s last in the order of presentation, doesn’t mean it’s any less important.   Creating A […]

The focus of this series in on ways that divorced parents can develop positive co parenting relationships, which make the process of parenting children with an ex-partner much easier for everyone involved, especially the children. Having discussed the importance of not undermining your ex in front of your kids, structuring parent to parent communications and […]

In this series on building positive co-parenting relationships after a divorce, we’ve already looked at the importance of not ‘trash-talking’ your ex in front of your children, and how to structure parent to parent communication. Moving forward, we are going to look at the next item on the list, namely how to go about making […]

In the first installment in this series, we looked at one of the most important items on our list: addressing how to build a positive co-parenting relationship after a divorce, namely not undermining your ex in front of your kids. Moving on, we are going to look at the next item on the agenda – […]

Divorce is hard. Everyone knows that, whether they’ve gone through the process themselves or not. Few things are more difficult than co parenting a child in the wake of a divorce. Two different households often means two sets of rules, two ways of doing things, two very dissimilar lives that don’t meet in the middle. […]

The term “Children’s Bill of Rights” might make you think of an introduction to American Government class in middle school, or even the “Constitution for Kids” page on historyforkids.net. In fact, the Kid’s Bill of Rights is something very different, but equally important.   The children caught up in divorces have no control over the […]

This is the fourth and final article in this mini series on breaking free from the chains of a toxic childhood and becoming a better parent. In the first three segments we covered a wide range of “toxic messages” that parents can send during divorce and custody battles, and their corresponding “healthy truths.” In this […]