Back to School Tips for Divorced Co-parents

Following on the heels of last week’s suggestions for stepparents, the tips for divorced co-parenting are also based on common sense.  It’s still helpful to follow a guided outline of do’s and don’t’s especially when your children are involved.  This way you ensure that both parents and stepparents stay focused on their children’s best interests. …

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Tips for Being a Stepparent

1.  Start Slow–There isn’t an article out there on this subject that doesn’t begin with this cautionary admonition.  When you first come on the scene with your new stepchild, your first role is to be another caring adult in his or her life.  Every child can benefit from that, but it takes time for relationships…

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The New Generation – A Friendly Divorce is Not an Oxymoron

The current generation of young couples, Generation X, is the generation of children of divorced parents.  Increasingly, these young couples are making different choices as the generation who come from divorced parents.  They want to do better or somehow not make the same mistakes their parents made.  When I was doing research for another blog…

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