Ask The Divorce Coach: Should Dad Have Visitation For Easter?
March 29, 2011 by Cathy Meyer
Filed under cathymeyer, Children & Divorce, Editor's Picks, Family, In-laws & Extended Family, Single Dads, The Ex
Submitted by: Cathy Meyer Question: I am divorced and my ex-husband and I have a daughter. I have been remarried for 3 years. My husband is also divorced but without any children of his own. When divorce papers were drawn it stated that I have full custody with my ex having once a month weekend [...]
Conflict Resolution and Managing Family Stress
February 4, 2011 by Cathy Meyer
Filed under Children & Divorce, Editor's Picks, Family, In-laws & Extended Family, Parenting, Single Dads, Single Moms, The Ex
Submitted by: Shirley Cress Dudley The following is information about managing family stress. It’s from Debbie Lorence, University of Louisville’s Kentucky Autism Training Center, who gave a handout that I thought may help: Magical thinking and conflict resolution: I will try not to avoid conflict altogether: Instead, I will try to not let the little [...]
Top 10 Co-Parenting Tips For Divorced Parents
January 13, 2011 by Cathy Meyer
Filed under Blended & Changing Families, Children & Divorce, Editor's Picks, Parenting, Single Dads, Single Moms
Submitted by: Shirley Cress Dudley Top 10 Co-Parenting Tips For Divorced Parents 1- Keep contact to a minimum One phone call a day is excessive, several text messages a day is extremely excessive. If you have a subject related to the kids- speak briefly and clearly about your expectations. Emails are better than phone calls, [...]
Ask the Divorce Coach: Ex Wife’s Boyfriend Too Involved With Children
January 9, 2011 by Cathy Meyer
Filed under cathymeyer, Children & Divorce, Editor's Picks, Grief & Anger, Parenting, Single Dads
Question: My question relates to my Ex’s boyfriend. After a rough separation/ Divorce (her idea - final in 8/10; married for 12 yrs), she has been dating a guy for a few months and against my wishes -introduced him to our 2 Sons ( 6,and 11) in October. Anything I say falls on deaf ears [...]
Sitting and Waiting
December 17, 2010 by Cathy Meyer
Filed under Children & Divorce, Editor's Picks, Grief & Anger, Single Dads, Single Moms
Submitted by: Lee Block I sit by the window and wait. I wait for him to bring the children home. He is always late and never early. I sit and I wait every single time he has visitation. He has no regard. Not for my time or the children’s, just his own. It is infuriating. [...]
Ten Tips to Help Divorced Dads Be Better Dads
November 11, 2010 by Cathy Meyer
Filed under Editor's Picks, Family, Parenting, Single Dads
Submitted by Paul Banas Dealing with a divorce that includes children may be the most difficult thing you ever do. Here are some general tips that might help guide you. 1. Listen carefully. Now is the time to make an extra effort to put down the paper or turn off the TV when the kids [...]
Divorce: Respecting The Intergenerational Boundary
October 26, 2010 by Cathy Meyer
Filed under Children & Divorce, Family, In-laws & Extended Family, markbanschick, Single Dads, Single Moms
Submitted by: Mark Banschick M.D. There is a boundary between generations which is called the Intergenerational Boundary. This is a fundamental truism that I operate on when I see a family. Parents need to know what to share with their children and what they should keep to themselves. Oftentimes after a divorce, or even after [...]
Five Rules for Divorced Dads
October 19, 2010 by Cathy Meyer
Filed under Family, Parenting, Single Dads
Submitted by Paul Banas As a child of divorce (my parents divorced when I was four), I can personally say that divorce can be, or maybe always is, hardest on the kids. It should be a decision of last resort when kids are involved and very clearly the “least bad” of your options in a [...]
Blended Family Vacations – How to be Successful
August 2, 2010 by Cathy Meyer
Filed under Blended & Changing Families, Children & Divorce, Coping, Family, Holidays, Parenting, Relationships, Single Dads, Single Moms
Submitted by Shirley Cress Dudley You and your new spouse/boyfriend are wondering what to do about a vacation… Do you have the fantastic idea of taking your newly blended family on a three-week car ride all around the United States? Uh oh… maybe you haven’t thought this through. Your spouse/boyfriend is asking if maybe we [...]
Parental Alienation: “A Uterus, Divorce Papers and Bruises”
March 10, 2010 by Cathy Meyer
Filed under cathymeyer, Children & Divorce, Editor's Picks, Grief & Anger, Legal Issues, Parenting, Single Dads, Single Moms
Submited by: Cathy Father’s right activists have been attempting to have Parental Alienation Disorder added to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM V), the American Psychiatric Association’s “bible” of diagnoses. The National Organization for Women learned about the effort and is concerned. They have now sent out an [...]
