When you have minor children, getting divorced means negotiating a financial settlement and a parenting agreement. Both are hard and can be fraught with emotions and hurt feelings. My current guest Donna F. had been married to her husband for about seven years when they decided to divorce. Their daughter was just two years old. Donna thought figuring out a parenting plan was … [Read more...]
Destined To Be A Mom
A 2010 Pew Research poll found that childlessness in the U.S. has increased across all racial and ethnic groups and now 1 in 5 American women end their child-bearing years maternity-free compared to 1 in 10 in the 1970s. With advancements in fertility treatments, the decision not to have children is often one of free-choice and it's one that many women have a sense of early in … [Read more...]
Child Custody Challenges After Divorce
Issues For Stay-At-Home Moms By Robert Farzad Whether your divorce was complex and contested, simple and amicable, or somewhere in between, at some point it, like all divorces, came to an end. “Now what?” It’s a fair question for a stay-at-home-mom. Divorce is a new chapter in a mother’s life and that chapter may come with initial trepidation. In this article, we are … [Read more...]
Technology: The Key To Easy Back-to-School Shopping
While the annual back-to-school expedition filled my kids with excitement, I dreaded it. My own schooldays are a dim and distant memory but we didn’t have highlighters or tempting colored pens, nor did we have trendy or stylish backpacks. My schooldays were about paper and pencils and fountain pens! Fast forward twenty-five years and now I was expected to figure out different … [Read more...]
Insulating Your Children From The Conflict
Not bad-mouthing your ex is one of the basic parenting rules divorcing couples learn very quickly. To some, bad-mouthing means not making negative comments. For me, bad-mouthing applies to all communication - verbal, written and non-verbal. Sometimes it's even what you don't say that conveys disapproval. Most parents trip over the 'no bad-mouthing' rule at some point. It's to … [Read more...]