Most people agree that having a mom and a dad who love and support each other and their children is the best scenario for a family. However, single parenting does not mean unsuccessful parenting; myriads of children raised by a single parent are living rich, full, and successful lives. If you …
Life After Divorce For Men
Fathers, and mainly men in general, are underestimated when it comes to family and divorce. In Love Counselor’s article, “Life After Divorce For Men,” men are advocated as equally important role models as mothers in an event of a divorce. It seems as though men tend to get the short end of the …
Co-Parenting Successfully
Being a parent is the most demanding, most rewarding, and most important job in the world. We get very little, if any, training for the position. Ideally, there are two parents working together to help carry the load. Even when the parents live in the same house it is exhausting and …
Focus on Families: Divorce and Adults
Although it may be little comfort if you are currently facing divorce, recent estimates indicate that you have lots of company. More than half of all marriages in the United States end in divorce; the majority involve children. Divorce is one of the most stressful life events a person can …
What can I expect when deciding custody or parenting time for my child?
How will child custody be resolved? It's a very difficult question, and it's a question that causes many people a great deal of pain and consternation. Child custody is one of the most difficult divorce issues. There are many professionals that operate solely within the realm of family law or child …
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Keep Your Ex-Spouse From Becoming an Ex-Parent
Unfortunately, sole custody means, by definition, that one parent has lost custody. Being an un-empowered parent becomes painful, and absence often becomes easier than dealing with the visitation schedule of legal access to your children. Yes, there are parents who don't care to give or nurture, …
Whose Day Is It Today?
Keeping track of children’s residential schedules is often a source of conflict between separated parents. So too is communicating simple things such as doctor’s appointments, parent-teacher meetings, and the like. Changes to children’s residential schedules and missed appointments often serve as a …
Co-Parenting in Orange County
You may still be in the process of working through your divorce. Or maybe you are already "dealing with your ex," post-divorce. Either way, the social and parental pressures facing divorced or divorcing ing parents in Orange County are many. Successful co-parenting is possible if there is honest …
Divorce: How to Break It to Your Children
Divorce rates are at an all-time high in California with numbers rising in Los Angeles and Orange County. Where there are more marriages going through divorces, there are more children brought onto the emotional rollercoaster. Our best advice for parents in this situation is to have the children …
When Will I Stop Hurting So Much?
Loneliness is one of the first most painful emotions to appear when you get divorced. Even if you were lonely in your marriage, it's just somehow different when you are living alone. (Yes, this is true even if your children are living with you.) The ways that people express loneliness are unique …