Marriage and Divorce

When a couple decides to get a divorce, it can be very traumatic for the children involved. There is a lot of sadness, anger and confusion. Most often, children do not understand why mom and dad have decided to split….
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Having been a High Conflict Expert for many years, sometimes it feels like perhaps you have seen and heard it all! One of the jobs a conflict expert does is being court-appointed as a Parenting Coordinator for high-conflict couples.  A Parenting Coordinator is an exceptionally well-trained professional…
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Retaining the custody of your children may be the hardest part of winning a divorce. The courts have only one priority when it comes to children. That is to provide what is best for the children. A divorce is a…
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There are quite a few catch 22’s to child support. Child support was originally set in place to help women raise their children. It used to be that when a women got divorced her income was lowered substantially and she…
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It can be difficult for an adult to handle a divorce, much less a child.  The children’s lives will likely be subject to major changes, of which they have no control.  There are things you can do in order to…
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The rate at which families today are splitting up is staggering. Children are being separated from one parent or the other and there is an enormous price being paid by them as individuals, as well as by society as a…
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How to get your spouse to agree to having children First of all, If the two of you have agreed in the beginning of the relationship or before marriage that children wasn’t going to be apart of your lives, you…
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Unfortunately, more than half of all marriages performed today will end in divorce. Not only is it all too common, the break up of your marriage is one of the worst things that can happen to you. Studies show that…
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Growing up without a father can be difficult. Think about how growing up without a father would be like. Put yourself in the shoes of another whom has experienced the divorce of their parents. If you love your parents then…
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Let me begin this summary piece on one of the more important things that can happen in the life of a child by answering the question posed in the sub-title directly. The answer is that neither solution is, generally speaking,…
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There is a reason that the term “football widow” was coined.  Many men are enthralled with the rough and tumble sport to the point that they ignore their wives from August until February when the Super Bowl gives many a…
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Perhaps that most overlooked aspect of divorce is the disillusionment and disbelief that occurs in the lives of the children of the former couple. Adults are affected as well, but saw all of the warning signs that the relationship shows…
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Explaining the fact that your former partner had an affair to your daughter is never easy. Daughters generally take things to heart much more deeply than sons do. This means that she may have a lot of difficulty trusting the…
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No matter what side of the child support issues you’re on, taking care of your children should be the top priority.  Unfortunately, in some cases this is not what happens.  When it comes down to it, it’s the children that…
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Divorce has become a very real reality in this day and age. But what about the children involved? Do they have a say? How do they feel about this situation that they have absolutely no control over? What is going…
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You should have been being yourself the whole time, and certainly before and after marriage, truly representing yourself and being true to who you are is essential. Your spouse is the one person closest to you in the entire world,…
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There is hope for young children to fully recovery after a divorce. Quite often, the parents tend to get so wrapped up in the negative perspectives that it is challenging for them to see the positive side. This is the…
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Some experts say a person’s brain isn’t really fully developed until they turn twenty five years of age. When a brain is fully developed then, all other kinds of maturation takes place: obtaining adequate education, taking full responsibilities for actions,…
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The very first thing that your child needs to know when you divorce is that its not their fault. They couldn’t tear you apart and more importantly, they couldnt keep the two of you together. Too many times, kids feel…
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I woke up this morning and sang the “Happy Anniversary” song softly to the man snoring next to me. I married him twenty-four years ago today and I had known him for five years before that. We have grown up…
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This is another one of those articles that should have a Both to it. We have responsible, loving fathers, and then there’s the dead beat dads. After all of the indifference’s in a divorce have been settled, and you can…
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After our marriage of 14 years ended we were both left with memories and two young boys. To this day, I still cry at the thought of them being so young during all this. The only thing I could do was…
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Staying fit is good for us for so many reasons.  It helps us to stay healthy.  It helps us to feel better about ourselves.  It helps us to stay attractive.  When your spouse starts to get a little bit out…
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Christian counseling is different then ‘regular’ counseling in that the Christian faith is utilized in the sessions. In ‘regular’ counseling the therapist may specifically refrain from discussing God, or biblical principles and how they would apply to your marriage. In…
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You don’t have to sleep in another room! Treat your snoring… Snoring is a very common problem with 45% of adults snoring occasionally and 25% of adults snoring nightly. Snoring itself can cause tension in the relationship as well as…
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You’ve already caught them, so why keep up the work of trying to stay attractive?  This is often the mentality that people have after they have gotten married.  However, with today’s high divorce rates, this can be a recipe for…
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Having grown up in a split household and being an attorney practicing in the domestic relations arena, I have two perspectives on this issue. As the responsible parent, your hands are tied to a certain extent, as you can’t make…
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Marriage is a special bond joined by two people who are truly in love and willing to make it work. In keeping that bond alive, one must continue what’s been started. In explanation of this, whatever it took to grow…
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Mental illness is not gender biased and neither is the idea of who marries someone with a mental illness. Women marry mentally ill men for the same reason men marry mentally ill women it fills a void at the time….
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It can be a challenge telling your children that you are getting divorced.  How you will achieve this will depend on a number of factors, including the age of the child, the situation, the personalities of your children and so…
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