How to Achieve ‘Happily Ever After’

An interesting article on the importance of growingly popular courses now offered to couples who file for divorce and have minor children at home. Courses such as these help educate the couple in the hopes of avoiding divorce or at least learning to help deal with the affects of divorce on the child. Classes, books and […]

March 15, 2009 · Filed Under Children and Divorce, Post-Divorce Parenting, Collaborative Divorce, Divorce and Counseling, Explaining Divorce to your Child, All Child Divorce Articles

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Study Shows Ritalin Use Doubles in Children of Divorce: But the Question Remains ‘Why?’

Should Ritalin be prescribed as part of a child therapy program for children of divorce? So it would seem from a study reported in the Canadian Medical Association journal, where 6% of children of divorce were prescribed Ritalin, in comparison with a 3% norm. This article explores this controversial issue. 

June 7, 2007 · Filed Under Children and Divorce, Post-Divorce Parenting, Divorce and Counseling, All Child Divorce Articles, Single Parenting

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Children and Divorce Psychologist Tells It Like It Is

Children of divorced parents experience additional pain when one or both spouses act irrationally during divorce.
This article features the advice of Lynne Namka, a Children and Divorce psychologist who has dealt with these cases. Common examples of poor behavior and important divorce coping mechanisms are presented. 

May 31, 2007 · Filed Under Children and Divorce, Post-Divorce Parenting, Divorce and Counseling, All Child Divorce Articles, Life After Divorce

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Don’t Divorce Your Children

Child and youth counselors emphasize that children need lasting relationships with both parents. So children cannot be forgotten in the divorce process. Divorce counseling is the norm.
This article focuses on the needs of the child of divorce, including counseling, education, medical, religious and moral issues.

May 22, 2007 · Filed Under Children and Divorce, Post-Divorce Parenting, Divorce and Counseling, All Child Divorce Articles

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Marriage Counseling or Divorce? That is the Question

Marriage counseling or divorce? That is a question being asked thousands of times every day across America. With so many marriages ending in divorce, could any of them have been saved?
This article discusses a book on the topic, which combines the insights of five experts. Suitable for Marriage Counceling Services. 

April 22, 2007 · Filed Under Divorce and Counseling, All Child Divorce Articles, Thinking About Divorce

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Counselors Can Find Out What Kids Really Want

Children trying to make both parents happy is a major reason why courts so often recommend that children of divorce take professional counseling.
This article makes the case for hiring the services of a divorce counselor. If a child has a counselor, there is at least one person who the child does not have to please.

March 12, 2007 · Filed Under Children and Divorce, Post-Divorce Parenting, Divorce and Counseling, All Child Divorce Articles

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