From a grown up child of divorce – practical guides and a place to rant
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With summer quickly approaching, I can’t help but remember my own extended non custodial visits. Because of sheer physical distance, I generally had Christmas or spring break with a month in the summer with my non custodial parent, just like so many other children and parents of divorce. It’s a tricky thing. As exciting and [...]
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Have you ever been on an extended vacation to a faraway place? It’s so exciting. You anticipate it for weeks. You think about it all the time in the days leading up to the trip. And then when you get there, you feel in awestruck by everything! Everything that’s new. Everything that’s different. You enjoy [...]
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Have you ever agreed with someone on a topic only to realize later, after closer consideration that you didn’t agree at all, and you wish wish wish you could go back in time and change your answer? Just me? Oh. As a guest on the online radio show Coparenting Matters, one of the co-hosts Talibah [...]
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I was struck by a blog post this week. This isn’t where I was planning on going with this second installment on parental alienation syndrome (PAS), but it is completely relevant and I think it brings up some interesting issues surrounding alienation in a family post divorce. The post is from a great blog called [...]
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I think many co-parents have a bright shiny date in their future that they are waiting for like children on Christmas Eve. Oh yes, I’m talking about that magical birthday that will signal the removal of so many thorns in their sides. Although it’s not their own, it’s a birthday that they salivate at the [...]
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Yesterday I read the most interesting article about children of divorce. It discussed the impact of divorce and the issues that can arise from them dealing with an equal physical custody arrangement. No new information really, as I happily skimmed along. And then I read it. And I had to read it again. All I [...]
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Spoiled by divorce? You’ve got to be kidding.
by Carolyn on May 17, 2010
The perception that children of divorce are spoiled simply as a result of being children of divorce amazes me. Do people really think that or is it just something they say without actually realizing what they are saying? Even one of my favorite bloggers, Avitable recently wrote in a post that children of divorce were [...]
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