I am pretty passionate about raising children with love, support and respect, no matter what your family may look like. That's how I raised my own two sons. My second article was just published in LAFamily.com, LasVegasFamily.com, SouthBayFamily.com, SantaClaritaFamily.com and VenturyCountyFamily.com through Family Magazine Group. Here's the link through the LAFamily.com edition: http://www.lafamily.com/marriage-and-divorce/co-parenting-teenagers-and-summer.
This second article is entitled Co-Parenting: Teenagers and Summer. It's a subject close to my heart, one that can be a real challenge and struggle in divorce situations. There are simple solutions and great tips that we can implement and follow through with to make the experience for both parents and our teenagers positive and peaceful. I listed five of them, and hope they will be helpful to my readers.
That's the goal I have in writing, to help those who are walking the path of divorce and post-divorce, so it might be less of a struggle, less of a drain, energy-wise. My weekly published articles will be focused on family and child advocacy topics dealing with divorce. They will all focus on improving the family dynamics for both parents and children in divorced families.
My articles will be published and up each Thursday. I will post my weekly articles here each Friday, and hope they will be of help to you all. Please share my articles with anyone who can benefit, use some extra support and encouragement.
Love your comments and insight, too.
I continue to hope and pray that once the divorce wounds aren't quite so fresh that we can define our new family dynamics. As I mentioned in a previous post, my young-adult aged children also need co-parenting. Oh, the needs are quite different that when young ones are involved, but make no mistake that the emotional and psychological issues are all too similar. We continue to struggle and are not yet defining a new normal. Tough. . . Thank you so much for this blog and your articles. I try to apply as much as I can to our particular circumstance. Blessings, Pat
ReplyDeletePat, you are so right. No matter what our children's ages, they need our unconditional and understanding. Divorce is never easy for our children, whether they be young or grown adults. Keep being patient with your children and yourself, ease into the adjustment of post-divorce and be good to yourself along the way. It will get better, I promise you that!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad my articles and blog posts are helpful for you, that is wonderful! Please keep posting your comments and thoughts - it is so good to hear from you.
Blessings to you, too!
When two people marry, the feeling is one of pleasant thoughts and a lifetime of hope for the future....as it rightfully should be. A simple marriage contract is signed by both parties without ever a real thought about the possibility of divorcing.
ReplyDeleteExactly, it is the most important contract we ever enter into, yet there is no thought (in the majority of marriages)about having a reasonable and fair "exit strategy" in place for both spouses.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing!
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