Category Archives: Children
Impact of Divorce Not Always What You’d Expect
Some think that the fifty-year rise in the divorce rate was a terrible thing. I say “was” because that rise now seems to have leveled off at just under fifty percent. Maybe, after all, it’s not so terrible that people … Continue reading
Children Win in Collaborative Divorce: The Role of the Child Specialist
As a society and individually as parents we all want children to reach their highest potential. But they need good “growing ground” in order to do so. The costly negative short-term and long-term effect of divorce on children has long … Continue reading
Pets and Collaborative Divorce
In divorce cases, laws and systems are in place to govern who will end up taking care of and raising children. The children may live with one parent who has majority timesharing or they may spend their time divided between … Continue reading
Staying Together for the Kids
People who are unhappily married frequently tell me they would like to stay together for a few more years–until the kids grow up. They believe, correctly, that their divorce will destabilize the kids and make them unhappy. Even though their … Continue reading
Positive Divorce
While divorce can be a hardship for kids, it can also be the best thing you could do for them. Continue reading
How Childrens’ Developmental Stage Affects Divorce
There are many factors that contribute to a child’s response to their parents’ divorce. Continue reading
Adult Children of Divorce
Since children learn what they live with, they often grow up to repeat these behaviors as adults. It’s all they know about how Continue reading

