How to Co-Parent With Style and Grace

by Michela Montgomery Whether you’re newly divorced or have been on your own for a while, there is one constant; co-parenting is hard. I doesn’t matter if you’re ex is June Cleaver or Bette Davis. The fact is that raising kids is hard enough, and now you have the added bonus of seven degrees of…

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Confessions of a Part-Time Mom

Divorce and shared custody suits me, and it suits my kids, too. I am far more able to be present knowing that, sooner or later, I get to be absent. By Lara Bazelon from the AAML Weekly Eblast I know how I am supposed to feel about my divorced-parent reality. A good mother would be devastated…

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How do you keep a family together after a divorce?

By Samantha Shanley from the AAML Weekly Eblast For years, I was under the impression that my husband and I had cultivated the near-perfect marriage, the two of us like His and Her Majesty, presiding over an enviable life. I wasn’t the only one who saw it so plainly. “You two are in your prime!”…

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I’m Divorcing: 5 Tips for Coordinating Family Vacations With Your Ex

How to make traveling with the kids easy before and after divorce by Jennifer Brandt on ParentMap  With summer just around the corner, many families are looking forward to annual family vacations. A lot of effort and money goes into vacation planning. For divorcing or divorced parents, the possibility of a former spouse interfering with a…

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6 Summer Vacation Tips for Divorced or Separated Parents

By Kyung (Kathryn) Dickerson from the Huffington Post Divorce Co-authored by Alan Plevy, Co-founding Principal at SmolenPlevy It’s an annual rite of Spring — children are eagerly anticipating the end of the school year and the start of their summer break. The same can’t be said for a number of divorced or separated parents. Summer…

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5 Great Tips for Co-parenting Through the Holidays

Posted by coparently.com team Easter is fast approaching. With it comes all those familiar stress factors for divorced and separated families. Holidays bring home the thought of coming together as a family. It’s often thought that a successful holiday means one big, happy family enjoying the festivities together. In movies, songs, television, and any other…

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Praise for Adoptive Moms and Stepmoms on Mother’s Day

Mother is a verb. Shared genes are optional. Denise Cummins Ph.D-from Psychology Today What do adoptive moms and stepmoms have in common? They believe that a family is a group of people who love and care for each other, and shared genes are optional. Birth Moms Nature gives birth mothers an advantage when it comes to…

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10 Helpful Books About Divorce

Learn to help your kids cope with the realities of divorce. by Laura Broadwell-Parent’s Magazine Books for Kids Sometimes reading a story about divorce can help a child make sense of his feelings and understand that he is not alone. A good book can also be a springboard for discussion between parents and kids. Here…

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“What I Wish I Knew Before I Got Divorced”

Discover 10 important pieces of advice these women learned the hard way BY NATASHA BURTON from Woman’s Day Magazine Hindsight’s 20/20, so there’s no one better than ex-wives to tell you what to do (and not to do) if you’re going through—or just contemplating—a divorce. Here, real women share what they wish they’d known when…

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8 Things Kids Of Divorce Want Parents To Know

by Brittany Wong-The Huffington Post Divorce Parents going through divorce are constantly on the lookout for expert advice on how to raise healthy, resilient kids. But hey, the kids themselves just might have the best answers. Below, eight writers share what it was like growing up with divorced parents and the one piece of advice…

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