Divorce: How to tell your kids
5 important things to do/think about/remember when first sitting down to tell your kids that their parents are divorcing
Divorce: 7 things kids want their parents to remember
Separation and divorce are hard on everyone involved. Here are 7 reminders from a child’s perspective about what is important to them.
When should we tell the kids that we are getting a divorce?
There is no “perfect time” for this conversation, but this article offers tips about how to carefully choose choose when to tell your child about separation/divorce.
Divorce & Teens
I had the pleasure today of being interviewed by my friend and colleague Barb Steinberg. She's a teen life coach, and asked me to speak with her about parenting teens through divorce. You can watch the interview (just 25 minutes) below. We talk about some of the ways that teens might react to divorce, what parents should know to [...]
Divorce: When parents start dating again
As parents move through the divorce process, they will naturally grow apart and be increasingly less able to influence the other. For this reason, it's very important to set up mutual expectations about how to parent around new romantic relationships from the beginning. This article offers questions to ask yourself and your ex.
Book Review: 2 books about divorce for parents
Parents ask about books on divorce a lot. I love to recommend books, too, because there is SO much good information available. I encourage every parent I work with to purchase books on divorce for their kids, and to read one for themselves, too.
Book Review: Books about divorce for kids
No matter what the topic, reading a relevant book can help parents navigate through tough times. They are helpful partly because books give us guidance on important concepts to cover, and a script to follow, but also because the pictures give our kids a concrete visual image to go along with our words. Today's post is a list and brief summary of some of my favorite books on divorce for younger kids.
Book Review: Mama and Daddy Bear’s Divorce
When parents of young children divorce, explaining the concept of divorce is often a great challenge. Books can help with this, in part because they give parents a script to follow, concepts to go along with the words, and pictures that give kids a concrete visual image to go along with the words. Mama and Daddy Bear's Divorce, by [...]
