When does your obligation to co-parenting end? When your child of divorce becomes an adult there is no longer a need to work with your ex spouse to decide a visitation schedule or maintain continuity between your households. But that doesn't mean it's necessarily over.
Parental alienation is terrible, disgusting and equated with child abuse. But as a parent I understand where it stems from. Completely self serving yet done in the name of protection it manipulates vulnerable children and in the end can only backfire.
Here are my top ten movie characters who are survivors of divorce. Being either a divorced parent or child of divorce is only one aspect of their character, but it was a requirement to make this list!
What have been the effects of divorce on your life. Positive? Negative? A little of both? The impact of divorce on a child growing up is profound. This is how it affected mine. Shaped my life. An undeniable footprint.
Have you ever wished you could write a letter expressing all of your feelings to your father stepfather stepmother mother stepsibling or any other member of your divorced or blended family? Now there is a place you can do just that. Write your letter and have it posted anonymously on The Stepfamily Letter Project.
So many of us focus on the relationship we wish or hope we could have instead of appreciating the relationship we do with each other. When we can drop our preconceived notions of how thing ought to be, we can find ourselves open to the wonderment of what is.
When it comes to getting married as a grown up child of divorce it can be challenging to know what etiquette to follow. Emily Post didn't touch this one! I'm certainly no expert but having been there these are in my opinion the top ten considerations when planning a wedding for a child of divorce.
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