Tag: Parenting
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How to Compromise in Your Post-Divorce Co-Parenting (Pt 1)
For most parents, the act of raising children is nothing but an endless string of compromises anyway. The majority of couples don’t agree on every aspect of parenting anyway, so they’re forced to compromise in some form or another. For some, this disparity in ideals about how children should be raised is a major sore…
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Michigan Law Allows Parents Access to Their Kids School Records
Michigan law often seems like it’s not set up to be in favor of parents. Between CPS and the ever-changing slew of new laws that dictate how parents can discipline, care for, and even make medical decisions for their children, it can feel like the government wants to deny you any chance to parent your…
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What Happens When Your ex Won’t Follow The Court-Ordered Visitation Schedule? (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us. We’ve been looking at what it means to be in contempt of court, and what your options are when your ex doesn’t honor a court-ordered visitation schedule. In the previous article, we looked at why it’s so important to follow court orders to the letter, and what your…
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What Happens When Your ex Won’t Follow The Court-Ordered Visitation Schedule? (Pt 1)
As if navigating a contentious divorce when you have kids isn’t hard enough already, now your ex is making the whole thing even harder by refusing to follow the visitation schedule ordered by the court. They show up late for pick-ups or drop the kids off-hours past the agreed on time. Or worse, they simply…
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When You And Your ex Can’t Agree on Discipline Methods After The Divorce (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us. We’ve been looking at the issue of discipline, and how hard it can be when you and your ex have to co-parent your kids but can’t agree on what methods of discipline are best. If that sounds like your situation, then know that you’re not alone. Many divorced…
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When You And Your ex Can’t Agree on Discipline Methods After The Divorce (Pt 1)
Getting divorced is hard. Co-parenting after a divorce is hard. But trying to be a consistent and dedicated parent to your kids, year after year, while your ex undermines all of your parenting efforts is beyond challenging! Which is exactly what it feels like when you and your ex can’t come to terms on methods…
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Parenting Time: Making The Most of ‘Not Enough’ Time With Your Kids (Pt 2)
Welcome back. We’ve been talking about how difficult it can be to parent your kids when all you have is a few court-ordered hours each week. As we mentioned in the previous article, there are options available to you if you want more time with your kids. You don’t have to just accept whatever parenting…
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Parenting Time: Making The Most of ‘Not Enough’ Time With Your Kids (Pt 1)
We get it. The few hours of parenting time you’ve been given on one or two days a week just doesn’t seem like enough. You want more time with your kids, and who could blame you? (We certainly don’t – we’re parents, so we understand completely!) But here’s the fact of the matter – there…
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My ex is a Really Crappy Parent! What Can I do to Change Them? (Pt 2)
Hello and welcome back. We’ve been talking about the struggles parents face when they get divorced and have to co-parent with an ex they don’t like and don’t think is a good mom or dad to their kids. Unfortunately, as we explained in the previous article, you can’t change other people, the only person you…
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My ex is a Really Crappy Parent! What Can I do to Change Them? (Pt 1)
This is a question we hear a LOT! People who divorce their spouses because they can’t stand each other any more, battle it out over how gets the kids and how often, and then resent the fact that they have to coparent with an ex they despise. We get it. It’s an incredibly frustrating situation. …