Coordinating summer activities can be challenging when you share custody of your children with your ex-spouse, especially when there are a lot of events involved. There will always be schedule changes throughout your post-divorce life, but planning ahead can help minimize them. Here are several tips we can share with you to help with your…
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When we speak with parents who are divorcing and have children, we often help them draft a conversation to share with their children to meet their needs and age level. Here are some other thoughts to keep in mind: Collaborative divorce mediation encourages parents to work together to decide the best way to share the…
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Children are not always open books; it is quite hard to read their emotions sometimes, and they don’t come with an instruction book. And when your family is in the midst of getting a divorce, children can get even harder to read and understand. Children often do not show their emotional struggles the same way…
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The collateral emotional damage that divorce can cause is not just limited to the couple getting the divorce. It also extends to the family’s children, no matter their age. “It will be okay. Children bounce back,” could not be further from the truth. Children who are involved in a divorce where mental health is not…
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When you and your spouse decide it is time to start the divorce process, there are many things to think about and add to your to-do list. And when the marriage involves children, the stress really increases and it can feel very overwhelming. Children can change the entire dynamic for divorcing couples. Instead of focusing…
Read More →One of the hardest moments in a divorce is sharing with your children that you and your spouse will be separating. It’s so hard to know how to start and have such an awkward conversation. Here are some tips we like to share with our clients to help them in having this painful dialogue: Make…
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