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10/20/2017

09/08/2017

This is a great article about talking to your kids about divorce. It is critical that you have many conversations, not just a 10 minute chat! ❤️

How you handle your divorce with your children has a lot to do with your perception of healthy relationships.

09/08/2017

Says she's a bonus Mum for her little girl

09/07/2017

How you handle your divorce with your children has a lot to do with your perception of healthy relationships.

09/04/2017

Without trust, relationships fall apart. Whether it’s trusting our politicians, our parents, a salesman, a spouse, or God trust is vital. Family therapist, Terry Hargrave says trustworthy relationships have a strong balance of giving and receiving love. Trustworthy people are responsible and reliabl...

08/30/2017

Talk to your kids but most importantly let your kids know they can talk to you about anything!

So, you feel you have done nothing wrong, yet your teen has created a story with you as the resident bad guy! Are your ears burning? It is very hard when one or both parents involve the child in their agendas and it can be so detrimental to the child's emotional well-being and subsequent relationshi...

08/28/2017

Think of the kids!

08/25/2017

There are many things about stepfamily living that people who don’t live in a stepfamily find hard to understand. Mostly, people are supportive but not everyone. The Bible says in Proverbs 11, “A man who lacks judgment belittles his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his tongue.” From the ou...

08/17/2017

Encourage your kids to be responsible and independent. It will help them be resilient through life's challenges, like divorce!

PARENTS can build resilience in kids by encouraging them to volunteer, play sport and do paid and unpaid work, a new study has found.

08/16/2017

Adult children of divorce...I am one of them! Moral of the story...talk to your kids about divorce but most importantly let them talk to you about it. Encourage them to ask questions.

In "The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce: The 25-Year Landmark Study," Dr. Judith Wallerstein contends that the major impact of divorce does not occur during childhood or adolescence. Instead, the effects of divorce on children are cumulative. They crescendo in adulthood with the emergence of potentiall...

08/16/2017

Good read!

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08/12/2017

Kids are important and should be top consideration during the divorce process.

Dear parents with older children, We realize how easy it might be to assume that your choice to divorce won’t really affect us. After all, we’re older