EP: 050 Carl Pickhardt Parenting Through Divorce Are you waiting to get divorced until your kids are a little older in the hopes that they’ll handle it better? You may be surprised to hear that kids in early adolescence have MORE of an adjustment to make when parents divorce than at any other age. Whatever […]
Crafting a Parenting Plan That Puts Kids First with Dr. Conklin-Danao
EP: 046 Dr. Conklin-Danao Crafting a Parenting Plan That Puts Kids First While divorcing partners may not be able to agree on much else, they DO want what is best for their children. But when you’re in the middle of crafting a parenting plan, it’s easy to get lost in the details, get competitive, and […]
Empowering Kids to Share Their Experience with Divorce with Ellen Bruno
EP: 045 Ellen Bruno Empowering Kids to Share Their Experience with Divorce Parents going through a separation often make one of two choices when it comes to communicating with their children: 1) They protect the children by sharing very little about the process, or 2) They involve their children in adult conversations, treating them as […]
Understanding Parental Alienation with Charlie Jamison
EP: 027 Charlie Jamison Understanding Parental Alienation Parental alienation is a high-stakes game with serious, long-term consequences for the children involved. When a child is manipulated into showing unwarranted fear or hostility toward the targeted parent and used as a pawn in one parent’s agenda against the other, it alters their sense of reality and […]
Advice from Adult Children of Divorce
EP: 020 Janet Advice from Adult Children of Divorce ‘[The conflict] was so contentious on a regular basis, there was no room for the children—and that’s the danger.’ The sad truth is that divorcing parents embroiled in conflict are often so wrapped up in their own pain that they fail to protect their children. This […]
The Child Specialist: Giving Children a Voice in the Divorce Process with Dr. Lauren Behrman
EP: 015 Dr. Lauren Behrman The Child Specialist: Giving Children a Voice in the Divorce Process Parents are often wary of the role of a child specialist in the divorce process. They don’t want to put their children in a difficult position, and the divorcing couple may be under the mistaken impression that the child […]
Approaching Divorce in a Child-Centered Way with Micki McWade
EP: 003 Micki McWade Approaching Divorce in a Child-Centered Way No parent wants to hurt their children, yet the conflict dynamic that generally accompanies the divorce process can be very painful, particularly in a litigated case. Even parents with the best of intentions inadvertently engage in behaviors that seem innocuous to them—but cause their kids […]