With Thanksgiving just around the corner, you may not be feeling in the mood for your usual festivities; after all, if you and your spouse have realized that you are headed for divorce, you may feel as though you don’t have much reason to...
Are You Happily Married?
A happy marriage may mean different things to different couples, but once fractures begin to appear in a relationship, the need for separation becomes clear. This is due to the simple fact that healthy relationships require certain qualities or...
Children of Divorce Returning To School
Even though you’ve chosen to take the amicable divorce route, the emotional process can still be difficult for those involved to handle. As adults, we are naturally better equipped to deal with our emotions than our children, who may have...
How To Talk To Your Children About Your Upcoming Divorce
As a parent, your natural instincts will encourage you to protect your child in all areas of their life. For example, whenever you cross the road, you’ll find yourself reaching for their hand to guide them across safely. These instincts will also...
Divorce is a Declaration of Independence with Only Two Signers
This weekend, many U.S. Americans will be celebrating the 245th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. We’ll be surrounded by neighbors, friends, family, nervous pets, and possibly fireworks. On the day, we’ll spend some...
Celebrating Fathers — and Beyond
Since Father’s Day is just around the corner (Sunday, June 20th!), we wanted to take the opportunity to gratefully acknowledge the fathers, dads, pas, and papas (for those who celebrate this day), along with the guardians, co-parents, and...
Is it time to make it official?
It can be tough to be a stepparent — even in the best of situations. When a stepparent is, in effect, assuming the daily role of a primary parent, the legal limitations of not being acknowledged in that primary role, can be especially frustrating. ...
National Single Parents Day : March 21, 2021
Author: Anonymous This month, we celebrated National Single Parents Day, which acknowledges over 55 million parents in the US alone. In fact, according to the Pew Research Center, FACT TANK, the US has the world’s highest rate of children living in...
What You Really Lose When You “Go After” Your Spouse in Divorce
You. Are. Enraged. You want to “get” your spouse and make them truly miserable. Hurting them will most assuredly make you feel better and set things right for the next chapter in your life. Hitting them in the wallet and their relationship with...
A Divorce With Dignity Experience
Spending Valentine’s Day alone (whether physically, mentally, or both) or in a tense and awkward situation (because your sweetheart relationship isn’t so sweet this year) surely is not the end of the world, but if this day and the lead up to it is...