Marriage and Divorce

Children are produced through the coming together of husband and wife; when a man leaves his parents and a woman leaves her parent there come together as one. Reflecting to a pregnant woman, the unborn child is aware there are…
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Both you and your partner are finding out that staying in this relationship is not working. Both of you are unhappy, there’s always arguing in the house and maybe you don’t even sleep in the same bed together anymore. You…
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Child support: Is it worth it… *Yes, it’s worth making people pay child support: First, I would like to ask this question, “What type of a person would not want to support their child in this world?” When a couple…
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I completely agree with the first article wrote in this column. There absolutely IS a catch 22 on the child support issues. Child Support is not about the health or love for the child but is about the WELFARE of…
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Like most children that were part of a broken home, I remember very clearly when I found out that the nightmare was finally over and my parents were getting a divorce. It was a mixture of sadness and curiosity that…
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parents should NOT stay married just for the fact that they have children. When I was younger and living at home, I can remember begging my mom to leave my dad. I was so tired of all the yelling and…
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Many people who move in together fail to recognize the effects it can have on their children. Most people see it only as a positive thing, and indeed it can be, but it can also have several negative implications to…
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Should you stay married for the sake of your children? There are several ways to answer this question and those answers depend on a lot of variables. But, in my opinion, if you are only choosing to stay married to…
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Yes, children are collateral damage in a divorce. Children are the ones who suffer the most. They tend to think of themselves as the cause of the divorce and wonder what they did wrong. They also wonder why doesn’t Daddy…
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Dating after any long term relationship can be difficult. After a divorce, especially if there are children involved, the decision to date again can be more complicated. When there are children involved, it is necessary to compromise your needs with…
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Divorce has become a modern-day fact of life. In most of the Western world, nearly half of marriages end in divorce and in a large percentage of break-ups there are children involved as well. Sometimes the sheer pressure of having…
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Dating after a divorce is an emotional whirlwind where a divorcee is often at a loss for nuances in the game of dating, how best to introduce the child to a significant other, and dealing with questions from the child…
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Divorced with children; children who need the love and support of their parents…and there is really no issue about that! However, child support issues are real enough if we look at the real world of antagonistic and adversarial divorce. If…
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Even under the best of conditions children tend to be expected to mature too rapidly. When divorce is introduced into the equation, the curve into adult expectations can become quite skewed. The parent who shoulders the bulk of the custody…
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Marriage counseling can work, but it depends on the intentions of all of the individuals involved. If both the husband and the wife choose to go to counseling to work on the problems with the marriage and both are invested…
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Women like to think that men are all the same, but that notion isn’t entirely true. Men and women like to make generalizations about each other when they can’t understand each other’s actions or words. For instance, we have the…
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Divorce is a traumatizing time for everyone in the family, especially for children. It is an overwhelming time, filled with questions, sadness, remorse, lots of guilt, confusion, anxiety but eventually, we are all left with the same thing; a whole…
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During the process of divorce, children are torn between two parents. No matter what you say to them, there will always be an element of doubt in their minds about where they stand. Take a child out of a loving…
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After your divorce, you’ll need to accept that very few people will love and care for your children the way their natural parents do. Also, both natural parents face different challenges with new partners: *CUSTODIAL PARENT – When you do…
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Parents, when you get a divorce it can be hard and very confusing for kids. Although you tell them that it is not their fault they can’t help but worry. Some kids will hide their emotions and feelings from you…
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The week before Valentine’s Day, I was told by three different guys that they wanted to marry me. That pretty much sucked all desire to get married from my mind. About ten days later, I started dating my current boyfriend….
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Divorce can be a nasty, long drawn out and often traumatic process that will inevitably affect the children. Although emotions may be running high on both sides, it should be the parent’s first responsibility to ensure that these effects have…
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I have come to see love as a gift, a special gift for human beings that must be cherished, preserved and utilized. Life is so short, we seem to spend most time – fighting, worrying, living in fear and battling…
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Divorce can be a shattering experience not only for the people who undergo it but also the people who are affected by it i.e children, friends and family. So it is imperative that you plan out the divorce beforehand. having…
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Ten years ago, I would have said yes, of course, fathers should have equal custody rights to his children.  Now, more than slightly biased by events, I’m not so sure.  Don’t take this as my being anti-father.  I guess, I…
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Children are the most innocent victims in any divorce, and the feeling of abandonment can create an angry child. After all, the divorce turned your child’s world upside down, and no one asked the child if a divorce would be…
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Couples who stay together usually share the same sense of humour. And if they like the same kinds of things, and like looking at each other, it looks as though they’ll end up looking like each other. It’s relatively easy…
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If you can try and imagine what an adult feels like when their partner greets them with the surprise that they want a divorce, imagine for a moment multiplying that shock by a thousand times, and perhaps you may be…
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Many single parents find it hard to strike a good balance with moving forward in their lives and struggling to bring up children. At times, it can almost seem as if those children that are always loved are getting in…
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Higher education is not what it used to be. There is a whole curriculum of knowledge that prospective students have to familiarize themselves with just to find a school that will lead them in the direction they really want to…
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