Parenting

5 Tips For Parenting After A Divorce

By Huffington Post on 10/29/2017 “… Parenting after a divorce can be challenging. You’re not just dealing with the growing pains of children, you’re also dealing with additional feelings and emotions that have now taken root as a result of the divorce. …” Read the entire article: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/5-tips-for-parenting-after-a-divorce_us_59f627bbe4b05f0ade1b5826

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Shared Parenting

By Lexology on 10/17/2017 “… I recently attended an International Family Law Conference in Iceland and learnt that the post separation parenting experience is based on shared parenting (50/50) and that the children of separated parents usually spend one week on and one week off with each parent. …” Read the entire article: https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=984af727-0a5f-4a2b-8766-382d018c377a

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Five ways parents can connect with their children

By Irish Times on 10/08/2017 “… . Doing fun activities together, sharing experiences and having good conversations all make for creating deeply satisfying relationships between parents and children. Such connected relationships have enormous benefits for children, in terms of building their self-esteem and confidence and providing them with a secure base in the world as well

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Shift the Focus: Grandparents to the rescue — A generation of abandoned children

By Cecil Daily on 09/22/2017 “… Grandparents often play two roles when their children have a substance use illness. Last week’s column discussed how they can play the role of the “Giving Tree” within the family. This week, I would like to share a more positive role that they play. Grandparents are often the ones that

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Use an “Equality Calculator” to See if You and Your Partner are Sharing the Parenting Load Equally

By Offspring on 09/11/2017 “… Enter Equally Shared Parenting, a website run by Marc and Amy Vachon, the authors of Equally Shared Parenting: Rewriting the Rules for a New Generation of Parents. They are (obviously) proponents of dividing the load equally, and to that end they offer “equality calculators,” or worksheets for child care, housekeeping, breadwinning, and “self time,” as well

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Political correctness gone mad? Push to change Father’s Day to ‘Special Persons’ Day’ so children without dads aren’t offended

By Dail Mail on 08/24/2017 “… ‘Why are we calling this political correctness when in fact it’s about our rights?,’ Dr Scarlet told Today Tonight. …” Read the entire article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4818420/Push-change-Father-s-Day-Special-Persons-Day.html#ixzz4rwYlzVpk 

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