Will Your Divorce Affect Your Kids’ Future Marriages?
Many of the children of divorce fear splitting up and are determined not to let it happen to them. But it does. Children of divorce have a higher rate of divorce themselves than children from intact families. Penn State sociologist Paul Amato, who has studied adults whose parents divorced, …
Taking Reading to the Next Level for Pre-Kindergarteners
In less than three weeks, our youngest son, Daniel, will start Kindergarten. As educated parents, we absolutely support the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten movement. Check out the site or your local library. Our library, gives away reading logs with prizes for each 100 books you read to your kids.
Four Valuable Benefits of a Single Parent Support Group
Sometimes, single parents feel isolated. Divorce Stress, Friend Life Required discussed reaching out to others during a divorce. But what about settling into single parenthood? With so much going on around you, and adjustments to make, it’s easy to feel lost and unsure of what to do with your children.
How to Win Spouses & Bedtime Little People
If you look closely at my goals, you’ll notice I need a lot of help in the “Date Nights” with SuperParentMom department. I married up the food chain and my wife is a trooper, especially being a step-mom, but I need to make her more of a priority. Especially over the kids. Repeat after me dads… “Spouses stay, kids leave.”
Do Distractions and Interruptions Improve How We Learn?
Why do some kids do great, barely studying between breaks of Facebook and Minecraft, and sometimes out perform those dedicated to quiet predictable study routine? Is there any special way the brain works for long-term memory other than pure repetitive dull factual memorization?
Is a Flexible Schedule a Possible Parenting Solution?
Due to your divorce, your personal schedule has changed, changes that will disrupt your work schedule. You begin updating your resume, in search of a new job. But should you? Before typing out that resignation letter, see if your company will work with you.
How to Pack a “Mother Lode” without Dumping One
Packing the Inside of the eBags TLS 21″ Mini Mother Lode Duffel: With 2752 cu. in. of space, both my wife and I were able to pack a four-day dressy trip in this ONE carry-on bag. This just over 8 lbs, light, durable Mother Lode duffel, has more features than IMAX theater on Thanksgiving weekend.
A Therapist’s Perspective on Divorce
After a divorce, I urge people to absolutely stay away from drugs and other anesthetics like overeating, but I do suggest simple tools like regular exercise to help people through the emotional turmoil.” – Dr. Michael Plumeri, psychologist and author. Dr. Plumeri, himself a child of divorce, helped Lisa Bien get through her own divorce experiences. The psychologist advises his patients to postpone…
Stabilizing Your Children Also Helps Parents
When parents divorce, children suffer. While they must go through their own uncertainties about their future, how the parents handle the post-marriage, pre-divorce window goes a long way in determining how the family unit will function. How do you maintain the love and respect that children have for each parent?
If Custody Goes to the Better Parent, What Makes One?
Getting divorced with kids is usually a sad state of affairs. Who should be the primary custodian if all things are equal in a divorce? Left up to the courts, there is really no such thing as shared equal custody. And in my opinion, equal custody isn’t a practical or logistical solution anyway. Judges and case workers tend to agree…
Best Co-Parenting Advise? After Exchange Make Kids Change
Parenting styles change from parent to parent. This is never more evident than dealing with divorced parents. As your kids grow older, you make find resistance and awkwardness in the hours leading up to and coming back from a transition from Mommy’s house to Daddy’s house. In blended and divorced families this transition time…
Surviving (and Thriving) Post-Divorce Dating
Your divorce is over. You’ve taken time to digest and decompress your situation. You want to return to socializing. You want to date again. But how to get started? What are the new dating rules? How do you avoid the pitfalls that befall so many other dads in your situation? Most divorced dads fear reentering the dating world. Probably topping the list is the uncertainty of how their children will respond.