How Divorce or Separation Can Influence Teen Drug Abuse by guest author Sonia Tagliareni Divorce is a very complicated and multi-dimensional process for a family to go through, especially when the family has teenage children. It leaves teenagers in a...
How Step-Families Succeed stepfamily The adjective “blended” is frequently used to describe stepfamilies. Unfortunately, this term makes the stepfamily process sound like a smooth transition, uninterrupted by conflict or disagreement. Anyone who has been a member of a stepfamily—myself...
Your Child’s Graduation After a Divorce My daughter inspired this article. Her father and I separated when she was just 2 1/2 years old. She cannot remember a time when her family was just one family in one house. When...
Ten More Co-Parenting Tips (part 5 of 5) by Guest Author Elinor Robin, Ph.D. with editing by Virginia L Colin, Ph.D. girl in soccer game 41. Children of any age may be hesitant to spend time with a parent...
My Daughter’s Two Mothers Recently I met a new person (Let’s call him Peter) in the home of my daughter’s stepmother (Let’s call her Ann). Peter already knew Ann pretty well and already knew my daughter (Let’s call her Laurie) as...
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