When April decided to leave her husband and his drug addiction, she moved across country to L.A. to have the support of her family starting a new life after divorce. She knew then she would be taking on the financial responsibility of raising her two girls and that she could expect little help from her ex. It's been seven years now and not only has her ex been of little help, … [Read more...]
Falling In Love Again After Divorce
I'm back from my very productive college campus trip - if any of you have tips on working with your ex on helping your child choose a college, I'd love to hear what worked, what didn't and what helped to make it a smooth process. A big thank you to Swati of The Single Mother Chronicles and to The Divorce Encouragist for their guests posts on the Universal Truths about … [Read more...]
Shielding Your Children After Divorce
Vivianne's son was just two-years old and her daughter was about eight, when they moved out of the family home away to New Jersey. Obviously, her son is too young to remember what was going on at home and why it was imperative to find safety. That's both good and bad; good because the fewer people exposed to such behavior the better, bad because it's hard for him to understand … [Read more...]
Dad, The Rock Star Parent
In the two years since Sara's marriage ended, she's learned how important it is to trust her ex's parenting decisions and to ask her ex about situations without jumping to conclusions. She also believes it's better to teach her children how to make good decisions for themselves than telling her ex what he should or shouldn't be doing. Sounds good, yes? Yes, but it isn't … [Read more...]
Trusting Your Ex’s Parenting Decisions
One of the challenges in any marriage is for spouses to agree on parenting rules. I suspect that most parenting experts would say that consistency is important both in the rules themselves and between parents. That consistency may be just as important when couples divorce and parenting time is shared however, I think it is probably harder to achieve. Different parenting rules … [Read more...]