Posted by Delaine - August 2, 2011 - Children, Dealing with the ex
I was trading my kids with their dad this past weekend when it happened. We’d agreed to meet just outside the gym in the mall and from there, the kids would go with him. But after I greeted him and passed over a few items he required, my 7-year-old daughter suddenly blurted out really loud. “Daddy, [...]
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Posted by Delaine - December 28, 2010 - Children, Co-Parenting, Dealing with the ex, Parenting, Surviving, Trying to Get Along
Studies have shown that it’s the ongoing hostilities between divorcing parents that really emotionally damage and traumatize children. So how do you protect your children’s emotional well-being if divorce matters are in the Red Zone, the two of you aren’t speaking, and you can’t even stand being in the same building as him/her? You may ‘know’ you should smile and talk civilly and put [...]
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Posted by Delaine - August 3, 2010 - Dealing with the ex, Legal Matters, Surviving
Have you ever a conversation with your ex where his position on issues seemed so blatantly wrong, his perception so skewed, that you sat there wondering, “Am I really off so off the mark on this? Truly, am I too stupid to get it? Is it ME?” Cause I have; or rather I am. I think that overall [...]
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Posted by Delaine - March 2, 2010 - Dealing with the ex, Legal Matters, Surviving
Sometimes dealing with an ex can feel like you’re dealing with a child: you give and give and give….you kindly explain the same thing over and over and over again …yet still they don’t ‘get it.’ And though it’s sad to say - and painful to have to do - sometimes we have to take legal action to [...]
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