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Stepparenting children in blended families can be challenging. Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart offers tips on navigating the dynamics.
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September 11, 2017 1:21 PM
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February 21, 2017 2:58 PM
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Obsessions … the brick walls that form a prison around your mind. The harder you try to get rid of them, the more powerful they become.
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March 4, 2016 12:16 PM
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Are you remarrying after divorce? Consider our tips for blending families.
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March 11, 2014 3:59 PM
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We may find ourselves feeling overwhelmed and fatigued by the multiple demands of our lives. How can we prevent or heal from burnout that seems unavoidable.
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February 22, 2014 12:29 AM
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Successful co-parenting can indeed be found by listening to children of divorce. The effects of divorce on children and learning how to cope with divorce.
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December 4, 2013 4:47 PM
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The secret to successfully blending a family is making peace with it being messy and ongoing and scary and wonderful.
Via Brenda Elliott, Dr. Amy Fuller
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December 4, 2013 4:43 PM
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being a parent post-divorce
Cooperating with your ex for the sake of your children can seem overwhelming in the early stages of the divorce. Try to put aside your relationship issues, your hurt and your anger towards one another and put your children’s needs first. Your marriage may be over but your family is not and your children need to know and feel that you will both continue to love them and be there for them despite the break up.
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December 4, 2013 4:43 PM
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- Don’t criticize each other in front of us. Rolling your eyes counts. After a few years we might stop telling you how much we hate it. We never stop hating it. And by the way– we overhear about ninety-five percent of your phone conversations.
- If we tell you something bad that happened at the other parent’s house, just listen. Maybe try to be supportive or help us figure out how to cope. We hate it when you have a conniption and run to the phone. Plus, we can tell when you’re secretly psyched that it’s not all paradise “over there.” That sucks, too.
Via Dr. Amy Fuller
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December 4, 2013 4:42 PM
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A new survey confirms what your premarital counselor knew all along: the trick to staving off divorce lies in how effectively you and your spouse communicate.
Via Dr. Amy Fuller
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December 4, 2013 4:37 PM
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The books of my divorce. I hope these can help you as much as they helped me. The books that got me through my divorce in one piece.
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December 4, 2013 4:31 PM
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Occasionally in my practice there is a couple I am working with that are “stuck” and if they continue to stay together they will definitely hurt their chances of perpetual marital bliss. Yet, divorce is not something I encourage though for some it becomes a decision they must make. Sometimes it is helpful for the couple to agree to “trial separation.” In this post you will learn a way to go about a structured or trial separation.
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December 4, 2013 4:27 PM
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Divorce is tough on kids. Here’s what you can do to help them cope.
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November 7, 2019 12:14 AM
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Every child whose parents divorce has: - The right to love and be loved by both of your parents without feeling guilt or disapproval.
- The right to be protected from your parents’ anger with each other.
- The right to be kept out of the middle of your parents’ conflict, including the right not to pick sides, carry messages, or hear complaints about the other parent.
- The right not to have to choose one of your parents over the other.
- The right not to have to be responsible for the burden of either of your parents’ emotional problems.
- The right to know well in advance about important changes that will affect your life; for example, when one of your parents is going to move or get remarried.
- The right to reasonable financial support during your childhood and through your college years.
- The right to have feelings, to express your feelings, and to have both parents listen to how you feel.
- The right to have a life that is as close as possible to what it would have been if your parents stayed together.
- The right to be a kid.
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July 17, 2017 1:14 PM
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Co-parenting is rarely easy, but with these tips you can remain calm, stay consistent, and avoid conflict with your ex to make joint custody work.
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February 16, 2017 4:49 PM
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Stepfamilies are, and have been, on the rise. Here are some important truths to consider when blending families.
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August 26, 2014 3:30 AM
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Stepfamily and remarriage resources and tips. Quality, award-winning books, bookets and educational materials addressing all aspects of successful blended family life from one of America's leaders in the stepfamily world.
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March 10, 2014 5:51 PM
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DivorceCare for Kids is a divorce recovery support group to help your children, 5-12 years of age, heal from the pain caused by a separation or divorce.
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December 4, 2013 4:49 PM
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There is a distinct lack of adequate language to describe the new relationships that arise in a “remarried” family. The complexities of relationships in remarried binuclear post-divorce families defy simple charting or characterization. The need to develop both more open and more clearly defined relationship boundaries in the expanded family that is created when a former spouse remarries is complicated by this lack of simple relational terms. Additions and subtractions of members in three generations simultaneously, structural and functional changes in rules and roles, and the clash of pre-existing family cultures, create loyalty conflicts around “who’s the boss”?
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December 4, 2013 4:43 PM
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Top ten divorce don'ts from renowned marriage expert, Gary Neuman.
Via Dr. Amy Fuller
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December 4, 2013 4:43 PM
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At some point, for a significant minority of couples, one or both partners conclude that the strategies of acceptance and change no longer work. At that juncture, the goal of living a healthier, happier, more productive life shifts from working to resolve marital difficulties to focusing on a “Good Divorce”. But how do you make it work if your former spouse doesn’t want to make it work? How do you make it better for your children and yourself? What are the rules of engagement when former partners are no longer intimate or romantic but remain co-parents for life? How does the Family Forest analogy apply post-divorce with an even more complicated range of ambiguities, acrimony and cooperation?
Via Dr. Amy Fuller
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December 4, 2013 4:38 PM
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Co-parenting amicably with your ex can give your children stability and close relationships with both parents–but it's rarely easy. Putting aside relationship issues to co-parent agreeably can be fraught with stress. Despite the many challenges, though, it is possible to develop a cordial working relationship with your ex for the sake of your children. With these tips, you can remain calm, stay consistent, and avoid or resolve conflict with your ex and make joint custody work.
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December 4, 2013 4:34 PM
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http://marriagemissions.com/healing-separation/ A Healing Separation is a structured time apart in which can help a couple heal a relationship that isn’t working. It can also help revitalize and renew a relationship that’s working. The Healing Separation is designed to transform the basis of a love relationship —moving it from neediness to health. A successful Healing Separation requires that both partners be committed to personal growth, and to creating healthier relationships with themselves and each other. Such a framework will allow them to carve out a new and more fulfilling relationship than they’ve known in the past.
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December 4, 2013 4:29 PM
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We all have priorities, but then we get sidetracked into matters that seem important at the time and in the process ignore what's important. In marriage the real priority is the marriage. No other relationships and no other issues are more important. Still, it's easy to get distracted.
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Excellent resource for parents