Syndicated columnist, college professor, and author Tom McMahon, offers the following guidelines for parents involved in contentious divorces to follow to minimize the negative effects on their children:
Coexist peacefully with your former spouse. This involves putting aside your differences for the sake of the children and supporting each other in the continuing roles as parents. […]
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Positive behavior after a negative divorce is hard to come by, let alone if there are children and babies in the failed marriage.
It takes a mature parent to put animosity and heartbreak aside to allow the ex-partner in the same room with him or her and their children. If there is an infant in the […]
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Divorce is a hot issue in today’s family system. It creates issues that affect not only the parents but the children and society as whole. Whatever the circumstances may be, it is the children that are usually most affected by the ravages brought about by separation.
Emotional repercussion and conflicts can be somewhat avoided if parents […]
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Divorced parents often have very different perspectives about what their children want or need.
A short time ago two parents in my court were debating whether their 5-year-old son should fly unescorted between Phoenix and Albuquerque for visitation. The mother said, “He hates to fly.” The father said, “He loves to fly.” I said, “Are you […]
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By Linda Freedman, PHD
Let’s take the case of Ellie. (all names, all ages, all identifyers are made up in this post).
She’s 9. Her parents divorced when she was 6 because they argued about everything and occasionally couldn’t control themselves, pushed and shoved too much. Her father grabbed her mother’s mother and bruised her badly in […]
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How the human-animal bond can help you survive your separation and divorce.
By Jane Nahirny
When Angela separated from Tom, her husband of ten years, she hoped the situation would be temporary. She rented an apartment, while Tom and their nine-year-old cat remained in the couple’s home. As weeks turned into months, with no reconciliation in sight, […]
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