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Posts By: Dr. Jann Blackstone

The Impact of Divorce on Children Can Cause Behavior Problems | coParenter

Children need time to adjust to post divorce situations with new families. Taking time to earn a child’s trust will lessen any anxiety and any bad behavior.
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The Effects Parental Alienation has on Both Parents and Children | coParenter

Bad mouthing your ex can lead your children to develop co-dependency issues. This is parental alienation and forces the child to choose which parent is better.
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Services That Offer Counseling for Divorced or Separated Parents | coParenter

Dear Dr. Jann: How do you handle it when one divorced parent values education and pushes the kids to get good grades and the other parent does not see the importance of school? I’m afraid my sons are going to flunk out of high school! Their father is a very successful automobile mechanic. He said […]

Ask Dr. Jann – Good Ex-Etiquette For Father’s Day

Dear Dr. Jann: My children are teenagers and often cancel when they are scheduled to come to my home. I don’t say much because I want them to WANT to come, but the truth is, it really hurts my feelings. Sometimes I have something I think they will enjoy planned and they call the night […]

Dear Dr Jann- I’m Co-Parenting with Someone Impossible | coParenter

Dear Dr. Jann: I get the impression from most of the articles you write that you think that all parents should coParent after a break-up.  What if you can’t?  What if your ex is a screaming narcissist and everything is all about him? At the beginning, he was charming and charismatic.  As an ex he’s […]

Dating a Single Parent Can Be Challenging If Boundaries Are Not Set | coParenter

Dear Dr. Jann: What’s a reasonable amount for contact between my boyfriend and his ex-wife? They have joint custody of their 6-year-old daughter. One week at Mom’s, one week at Dad’s. I understand the joint birthday parties and discussions about doctor’s appointments, but why must they talk two or three times a day about things […]

Split Homes and Children with Co-Parents | coParenter

Dear Dr. Jann: My ex-husband and I share the kids’ time equally — a week with us and a week with him.  Their dad has remarried and the kids love her. Although they are typically very affectionate, I’ve noticed that they start to pull away from me about a day or so before they go […]

What Determines the Court’s Custody Decision? | coParenter

Dear Dr. Jann: I hesitate to call my child’s mother my ex because we weren’t really in a relationship, but she got pregnant and we decided to have our son. I’ve been available since the day she told me and our agreement was that we would share the baby equally.  Now that he’s here, I’m […]

Ask Dr. Jann

Dear Dr. Jann: If my ex wants to invite his live-in girlfriend to my son’s Junior High graduation ceremony, isn’t it common courtesy to at least inform me about his intentions? I found out about it through my son. I don’t know her, never spoke with her and she’s living with my ex for several […]

How I Made Single Parenting Work | coParenter

Dear Dr. Jann: I’m a working divorced mother who shares my children with my ex-husband.  He and his new wife are very smug and promote the “traditional family” over my single lifestyle. You know, mom at home, dad at work. I work, and I work hard, and because of that they act like they are […]

4 Ways to Share Different Religious Holidays

Interfaith marriage is becoming more popular every day, which bring about the question, what about interfaith divorce? Much of what is available for reference approaches religious observance from a marriage perspective. However, when you marry, you’re invested in cooperation and acceptance so an interfaith solution seems probable. When you divorce, cooperation and acceptance are usually […]

The Perfect Parenting Plan | coParenter

Dear Dr. Jann: My children’s mother and I are trying to work out a parenting plan without going to court. We are at a standstill when it comes to holidays. I want to alternate them and she wants to split the day between us. With Easter right around the corner, we have to make a […]

My coParent Talks Bad About Me to Our Children | coParenter

Dear Dr. Jann: This last weekend it took me a half hour to get my son out of the house while his dad waited in the car. He was in tears, but he went. He left his phone in his room and after he was gone I checked his texts. The last one was from […]

Step Parents Should Be Great coParents as Well | coParenter

Dear Dr. Jann: I recently remarried and now have two stepchildren. We have been married almost a year (dated six months prior) and I still cannot accept his children. I truly thought it would change by now, but it hasn’t. I love my husband very much. Can you give me some ideas to help us […]

Can My coParent Travel with Our Children Internationally? | coParenter

Dear Dr. Jann: My children’s father and I divorced a year ago and we do not get along. I want to take my children to Mexico this year on vacation to see my parents.  They are getting on in years and they have never met my children who are now in middle school.  Their father […]