If you and your spouse have differing opinions about parenting styles and have struggled to find some middle ground while you were married, then chances are those differences are going to be more pronounced after divorce. My current guest, Sandy Weiner has three children. They were aged eighteen, sixteen and thirteen at the time of her divorce. Parenting teenagers is always … [Read more...]
Telling Your Kids You’re Getting Divorced
Telling your kids you're getting divorced is one of the hardest conversations you'll have and you'll likely spend many hours thinking about every aspect of the conversation. My current guest, Sandy recently asked her eldest, now twenty-three, what he remembered of the announcement and was surprised by the differences in his recollection and her own. Here's Sandy: I asked … [Read more...]
Don’t Stay Married For The Sake Of Your Kids
Asking yourself if you should stay married for the sake of your children is typical for anyone whose marriage is faltering. It's certainly a question about which most people have an opinion. Today, I'd like to introduce you to Sandy Weiner who was married for twenty-three years. Three of those years were spent getting divorced (!) and seven of them were spent tolerating the … [Read more...]
Want To Make Your Child’s Wedding Day Happier?
Just Say 'I Do' by Margaret W. Miller The emotional burden of planning and paying for a wedding is massive -- even happily married couples find it enormously stressful. Divorced couples may find the process so upsetting that they'll want to divorce their ex-spouse all over again. But as someone who’s recently been through this experience, I can promise that it doesn’t have to … [Read more...]
Understanding the Rights of Children In Unique Family Circumstances
By T. Brandon Jaynes What is family? In the family law context, defining what makes up a “family” is getting harder and harder to do. Grandparents are raising children, so are aunts and uncles; sometimes, even, stepmom or stepdad attempt to get custody of children. Sometimes a married man will have an affair and “the other woman” will end up pregnant; likewise, a married … [Read more...]