After your divorce, you probably have a whole series of new situations to adapt to. One of the areas in life where a lot changes, is the relationship with your children. Whether you are a custodial parent, a non-custodial parent or a co-parent, life changes dramatically for you and your children.
Many children will go through [...]

September 17, 2007

I have lately been studying a lot about the effects of divorce on children.
What I discovered, is that it is really important that we are happy ourselves. When we are happy ourselves, our children also thrive. We have the capability to create a happy, safe environment, if we only know how. One question [...]

September 19, 2007

As you know, what really gets me going, is the challenge of reducing the effects of divorce on all family members. More and more, I realize, that divorce is not a one-time event, but rather something which influences people for the rest of their lives, often on a daily basis. Scary…

One of the [...]

September 21, 2007

Yesterday night, my husband and I talked about my neighbor’s dog. (We talk every night, and it is funny how the strangest subjects often lead back to the effects of divorce on our own behavior). I breed dogs for a hobby, and in the neighborhood people use me as a kind of cheap [...]

‘I tried so hard to be accepted by my stepson, but he will just not change his attitude. He hates me, and he feels like I should not be there. What can I do to make him change his mind? Is this just one of the effects of divorce I have to accept, or is [...]