Tag: Parenting
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Parental Alienation is Considered a Public Health Threat
Parental Alienation is when a child feels and expresses a very strong dislike (and sometimes even hatred) for one of their parents. It’s an issue that usually develops during or after a high conflict divorce, because of parental bullying and manipulation. However, it’s not the ‘hated’ parent who’s doing the bullying – it’s the other…
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Will LGBTQ Families be Able to Foster And Adopt in Michigan?
The issue of rights for LGBTQ people has been a spotlight issue in recent years. With the Supreme Court ruling that gay marriage was to be legalized across the nation, there was a corresponding surge in awareness of other LGBTQ issues. And here in Michigan, one of those concerns is the ability of gay couples…
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How to Break The News to Your Kids About The Divorce (Pt 2)
Hey there. Welcome back and thanks for joining us again. We’ve been talking about how to break the news to your kids once you’ve decided to get divorced, and how challenging this conversation can be for parents. If your children are extremely young it’s unlikely they’ll remember life before the transition, and if they’re already…
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How to Break The News to Your Kids About The Divorce (Pt 1)
There is nothing about getting divorced that’s easy, or simple. Dividing up your stuff and arguing over who gets to keep what is hard. Fighting over custody of your kids is very difficult. Coming up with the money to pay for the whole thing is a challenge. And having to create a whole new life…
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Does The Current Child Support System Needs Some Serious Overhauling? (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us for the wrap up on this chat about the current child support system. As we mentioned in the previous article, a few years ago there was an article published in the Boston Globe where correspondent Ruth Graham investigated the child support system as it exists today, and revealed…
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Does The Current Child Support System Needs Some Serious Overhauling? (Pt 1)
A lot of time and energy gets spent exposing the flaws in the child welfare system (as it should!) because, let’s face it – there’s enough wrong with that entire system to keep a thousand analysts working ’round the clock for years. But a similarly broken system that hardly gets a mention is the child…
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Toxic Co-Parenting: Heartbreaking Facts You Need To Know (Pt 4)
Thanks for joining us again for the wrap up of this discussion on co-parenting with a toxic ex If you’re just finding this series now we recommend you take a couple of minutes and get caught up so you don’t miss any of our important tips and pointers… And now that you’re back, we can…
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Toxic Co-Parenting: Heartbreaking Facts You Need To Know (Pt 3)
Welcome back. We’ve been talking about the issue of toxic parenting, and how very hard it is to co-parent with a toxic ex. And if you’re curious, a toxic person usually refers to a person with narcissistic tendencies, but can also mean an ex who is just so manipulative, poisonous and conflict driven that they…
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Toxic Co-Parenting: Heartbreaking Facts You Need To Know (Pt 2)
Welcome back. If you remember from our previous article, we’ve been discussing a subject that’s very difficult for many parents to talk about, especially if it’s actually something they deal with personally. However trying to co-parent with a toxic ex is like trying to plant seedlings in salt. Practically impossible. And yet you may be…
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Toxic Co-Parenting: Heartbreaking Facts You Need To Know (Pt 1)
Being married to a narcissist, or a “toxic” person, is devastating. But trying to co-parent with one is the equivalent of trying to smuggle snowballs through the Sahara desert in your pockets – It simply can’t be done. Yes, we know, this sounds melodramatic and ridiculous, but the truth is exactly that: co-parenting with a…