Divorced parents often want to spend all of their time with the children separately. That’s understandable. You got divorced for a reason. You don’t want to have to spend more time together, even though you do want to spend it with the children. However, when it comes...
Finding Solutions To Complex Issues
Year: 2020
Sports and special events can strain your parenting plan
Being a parent is hard enough when you have the support of a spouse, but it becomes infinitely more difficult after a divorce. When you have parenting or custody time, every single responsibility is yours to handle. You also will likely have to frequently update or...
Making a parenting plan? Don’t forget to address these issues
Parenting is hard under the best of circumstances, and it only gets harder when the parents aren’t together. If you’re divorcing your child’s other parent, the agreements you make now (and write into your parenting plan) will have a significant effect on your child’s...
Hiding past traumas can impact your health
Honesty is the basis of a solid marriage. When either partner is unable to be fully honest, there is a chance that the marriage will weaken. This can eventually lead to a divorce. This is true even if the hidden points were from the past and especially if they...
Awesome fathers create awesome daughters
Great dads create great women, according to recent research. Getting divorced does not need to reduce the quality of the father-daughter relationship. It can even improve it, as fathers have to step up to roles that they may previously have left to the mother when...
How can you support your kids’ adjustment to shared custody?
For someone who has just gone through a divorce, sharing custody with an ex can seem like a nightmare situation. As hard as custody exchanges may be for you, they're likely going to be even harder on your kids. Thankfully, if you and your ex are willing to work...
Your divorce doesn’t have to be contentious
Many people automatically think about having to go through contentious battles when they think about a divorce. While your divorce might not be a pleasant experience, it doesn’t have to be a constant fight between you and your ex. Going into the process with a plan...
After divorce, children need both mothers and fathers
Children need both parents. Those parents may not be married, but children still need a connection with both Mom and Dad. That is important to their future. How does it impact them? Pick almost any type of childhood development, and you can find a link. For instance,...
What can you do when your ex isn’t following the custody order?
For couples with minor children divorcing in Minnesota, finding a way to divvy up parenting time and responsibilities will be one of the more time-consuming aspects of the divorce process. Once either you and your ex negotiate and agree on terms or the courts settle...
Your kids don’t need to know the details of why you’re divorcing
Children finding out that their parents will soon divorce often have quite a few questions. It's important for you and your ex to work together to address your children's concerns and ensure that they know the divorce is not their responsibility or fault. It is...