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coParent Mayim Bialik: Put Kids First During Passover

In order to attain her mission of putting the kids first, The Big Bang Theory actress Mayim Bialik celebrates Passover with her ex, Michael Stone. Since simply, her sons want to. The coParents cater to their two sons by honoring rule number one – celebrate where the kids want, whether it be at dad or mom’s house. […]

Top Tips to Learn Negotiation

Every successful negotiation requires that from the outset you know yourself and as much as possible, know your negotiation partner. You can never be too prepared for a negotiation — and you can all too easily be unprepared.You should also try to learn as much as you can about the specific circumstances surrounding the negotiation. […]

Selling Property? Read This First

If you’re selling your property as a result of divorce, you’re going to want to read this first. Financial expert Shawn Leamon wrote a story, “4 Easy Ways to Accurately Appraise the Real Value of Your Marital Home,” originally posted here on this page of his site, DivorceAndYourMoney.com. When you have a home, an apartment, […]

Jumpstart coParenting Skills for Spring

Spring is almost upon us and it lends itself to good advice in coParenting skills – sharpen your goal directed theoretical arrows and plan to construct targets before the season begins. A positive project is a perfect family unification activity. And any faith or culture can adapt this idea – it’s all about diversity and family […]

Connecting with Your Long Distance Child

As a writer and advocate for long distance coParents, David Goldschmidt was on the lookout for technology that connected him in a fun and meaningful way with his 11-year old son, Jonah. Goldschmidt, who resides in California, missed his son in Florida following a break-up. They both longed to continue their connection. Disappointed by not being […]

Tips to Navigate Faith and Religious Practices

Religion and celebration of faith can be an area of deep divide or conflict if coParents forget to respect each other’s option to determine religious practice. A common concern about a child’s religious practice following divorce and separation arises when one coParent no longer values or shares a willingness to ensure religious education or attendance. […]

Top Tips to Create Hope in Your Child

As intelligent and caring coParents, we have the knowledge and potential to turn the corner and change our cultures of blame into cultures of learning skills. We just need enough reasonable people to learn the skills – and teach them to the kids. These three big skills are: Flexible Thinking Managed Emotions Moderate Behaviors These […]

Do Divorce Lawyers Deserve Bad Reputations?

There is a system-wide intuitive understanding that the legal system, as it deals with separating parents, seems to make matters worse. Attorneys often find themselves in the painful dilemma of having to choose a strategy that not only increases family conflict (e.g., writing the angry accusing letter) but also best serves the interests of the […]

3 Ways to Ease the Early Days of Divorce

There are times in life where the unexpected, unthinkable or even the unbearable happens. Then there are times in life when these three forces come together to create the perfect storm. Divorce is one such storm. Towards the end of my marriage, I could sense impending divorce. But even when you can smell a storm […]

The Lost Art of Listening

How often do you listen with your whole self when another person is speaking?
 Listening requires full engagement, which is hard work. It takes stillness, patience, and time. Some say that listening is a lost art, one that many people are starving for. Yet listening is not complicated.
To simply listen means to hold open a […]

The Importance of Parenting Coordination

Parenting coordination assists coParents to learn positive communication. When the parenting coordination process works well, it is easy to tell when it should end. Parents are no longer locked in conflict. Or they can manage their differences so the children are not exposed to it. Decisions about the children are made for the children’s benefit. The […]

Six Steps to Accepting Your Divorce

There’s no “right way” or a “wrong way” to grieve and adjust to divorce/ separation, but we can tell you it’s a process that involves layers of emotion.
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Tips to Teach Confidence in Our Children

Even as early as 12 months of age, a child can be observed by researchers to have a “secure attachment” with his or her parent(s) or an “insecure attachment.” There have been some studies which suggest that this can be a contributing “risk factor” for developing a personality disorder  including the behavior we see in […]

Divorce – Through the Eyes of Our Children

The differences in how children react to divorce and separation are due in part to their capacity for cognitive and moral understanding, their developmental stage and the makeup of their social lives. The other factor is the uniqueness of each child, their temperament and personality. For each stage there are vulnerabilities and opportunities. 1) Infants’ first and most important […]

Top Tips to Heal Your Child After Divorce

Helping your child heal after a divorce will help them now, as they grow and later in life when they are developing relationships and a family. Here are seven top tips to assure this healing process: Respect your child’s needs (not strictly wants) such a routine, stability, love, and a sense of belongingness with both […]