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5 Reasons You Should Avoid Divorce Court And Settle Instead!
There are certainly a number of very valid reasons why a couple would end up in divorce court. In some cases, it’s pretty much unavoidable. But the truth of the matter is, if it’s possible for you two to find a way to settle out of court, then that’s what you should do. Why? Well,…
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Amber Brown: Stories of a Young Girl Navigating Her Parent’s Divorce
One of the hardest things you’ll ever do as a parent is help your kids work through your divorce. Children have very strong feelings about pretty much everything in life, and when they’re faced with something as challenging as a divorce, it can be very difficult for them to process. However, sometimes what they need…
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Playing The ‘Blame Game’: Why it’s Important to Let go After a Divorce
One of the greatest obstacles to being successful in relationships after a divorce – whether it’s another marriage or simply a monogamous, long term commitment to another person – is clinging to blame. People who play the blame game after their marriages end are far more likely to have future relationships fail as well. So…
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Help! My Ex is Poisoning my Child Against me! What Can I do? (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us here at The Kronzek Firm. We’ve been discussing the subject of parental alienation, which is thought by some to be the specific type of emotional and psychological abuse where a parent tries poisoning a child against their other parent. It’s a form of toxic parenting, and it’s extremely…
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Help! My Ex is Trying to Poison my Child Against me! What Can I do? (Pt 1)
Toxic parenting, which can refer to several different types of emotional abuse inflicted on kids by their parents, also includes the much-misunderstood “parental alienation”. Shaming your kids, blaming them for everything (including things they didn’t do or couldn’t control), and being extremely controlling and critical are all hallmarks of toxic parenting. But the particular poison…
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Is Your Kid Struggling With Your Divorce? Here’s How You Can Help. (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us again. We’ve been talking about the tools and strategies that divorcing parent have available to them, to help their kids cope with the whole process. Because let’s be real – it’s hard. It’s hard on parents and it’s hard on kids. Which is why you need all the…
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Is Your Kid Struggling With Your Divorce? Here’s How You Can Help. (Pt 1)
We get asked this a lot by parents who are planning a divorce, or caught up in the middle of a messy one. It’s a common concern that moms and dads have, and it should be – divorce is very hard on kids and they rarely come out the other side unchanged. But that doesn’t…
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My Ex And I Don’t Agree on Anything For Our Kids! How do I Change Their Parenting Style?
Unfortunately we’re going to have to start this blog off with bad news: you can’t. It’s not possible for one person to chance another, much less that person’s approach to parenting. Not unless the person being changed agrees to it. Because that right there is the crux of the matter – no one can be…
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Why is The Friend of The Court Involved in My Custody Case?
This is a question we’ve been asked many times over the years here in Michigan, by clients who are justifiably confused by the involvement of the Friend of The Court. After all, why would they be involved? Surely all you and your divorcing spouse need to figure this out is your respective lawyers and the…
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Apps Designed to Make Co-Parenting Easier For Divorced Parents (Pt 2)
Hi there and welcome back to our discussion on apps designed to make the co-parenting process easier for divorced folks with kids. As we mentioned in our previous article, there are loads of challenges faced by parents who co-parent after their divorces. But thankfully, there’s also a lot of tech that’s been designed in recent…