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This Father’s Day, Support the Single Parents in Your Life

This is an article I found printed in the DentonRC on Saturday by Pam Rainey, that I wanted to share with you.  Recently I was speaking with a Divorce Expert for children regarding our upcoming Divorced Parent Telesummit, I was surprised to learn that … Continue reading

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Single Parenting and Overcoming Poor Choices Part 2

In my last post I talked about what you can do when your ex-spouse makes poor choices unintentionally. This may result because he/she does not really know better or has not thought through the situation.  Since poor choices made by … Continue reading

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Single Parenting and Overcoming Poor Choices Part 1

Whether you are in the process of divorce or have been divorced for some time, one issue single parents often face is having no input (or control) over poor choices made by the other parent. When poor choices are made, … Continue reading

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Mothers Day, Fathers Day, and the Single Parent

Mothers Day is a few days away. If this is your first year as a single parent, you may experience a range of emotions. You may feel a great deal of sadness for your children, that they no longer have an … Continue reading

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Beginning the Divorce Process: Who Parents Should Tell?

If you are a parent with children still living at home, about to separate or divorce, you will need to inform significant people in your children’s lives. Once you have told the children about your plans to separate/divorce, your children will begin trying … Continue reading

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Beginning the Divorce Process: Telling Your Children

If you are a parent going through a separation or divorce, please take the time to educate and prepare yourself on how to tell your children. Divorce will affect your children. How you tell them about your divorce, what you tell … Continue reading

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The 10 Commandments for Divorced People

I was browsing through my book “Growing Through Divorce”  by Jim Smoke today and thought I would share a list he created, titled “The Ten Commandments for Formerly Married People.”  Jim Smoke was a pioneer in the divorce recovery field in the 1970′s. … Continue reading

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Persevering Through the Valley of Divorce

We cannot always control our circumstances, nor can we control other people. The only thing we can control is how we respond to our circumstances and the choices we make. It can be really frustrating when our circumstances take a … Continue reading

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Divorce Resource for Single Parents

If you are a parent going through divorce or recently divorced, how did you explain the change in your family dynamics to your children? Do they understand what is happening to their family? Depending on the age of your children, … Continue reading

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Additional Food for Thought: Single Parents and Vacations with Children

Today I wanted to share some additional thoughts on single parenting and vacations. If you read my Ezine article Single Parents: When Your Children Go on Vacation with Your Ex I mentioned several ideas of what you can do to … Continue reading

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