From a grown up child of divorce – practical guides and a place to rant
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My parents met, got married and had me. I’m alive today and living a richer life than I ever could have imagined. I’ll always be grateful to them for giving me my greatest gift – life. My parents got divorced. And I still feel a little sad, angry and hurt by that. I sometimes wonder [...]
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It’s always amazing to me the insight one gains when they actually experience something. I truly believe and have said before that with no real point of reference, it’s impossible to really understand something. You can be empathetic, understanding, critical or disparaging until the day grows long. But without the actual experience you can’t truly [...]
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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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Love that tagline! Have you ever read Lindsay Ferrier? If you haven’t, you should. She writes a column for the Nashville City Newspaper, maintains her blog Suburban Turmoil and has also blogged for Parents Magazine. This lady is one busy writer. With her being both a child of divorce and stepmother, I’m always interested to [...]
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I know, I know, it’s Thursday. I’m not contemplating the day of the week. I’m thinking about Dr. Wednesday Martin Ph.D., and author of the new book Stepmonster. Someone who I started reading almost by accident and to be honest, I wasn’t her biggest fan. But as with most things that create an emotional response [...]
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I wrote this article for Vanessa Van Petten over at Radical Parenting It was an honor to be a guest author for such a fun and dynamic website! Experts are fairly unanimous in their support of co-parenting for children of divorce. Both parents continuing to work closely together raising their children despite no longer being [...]
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As a child of divorce I’ve lived my life with one enormous fear. The fear of not being wanted. It still haunts me. I’ve seen it haunt others. Like a monkey on our backs that lays dormant for a while but wakes up at the slightest hint of confirmation. I wish it wasn’t so. I [...]
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Alienation can go both ways
by Carolyn on September 22, 2009
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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