By Julie Garrison Special to DadsDivorce.com When divorced parents engage in shared parenting, they are building in a buffer against violence, molestation, suicide and health problems in their children. Statistically, children with divorced parents who are both actively participating in the parenting process are happier, more secure, and more adjusted …
CONTINUE READINGBy Julie Garrison Special to DadsDivorce.com Shared parenting is emerging as the better prototype for co-parenting children after divorce with courts more frequently steering away from the every-other-weekend “visitation” schedule. While this shared-parenting arrangement is inconvenient at times for divorced couples, it allows a child to bond with both parents. …
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There are more than 500,000 children every year in divorced and separated families who have parents polarized by the issue of child custody. Because of this conflict, many children are psychologically divided by behaviors that have three stages of adjustment: Visitation Resistance, Visitation Pleasure, and Visitation Confliction. Joseph Goldberg is …
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By Jamie Kinkaid Cordell & Cordell Divorce Lawyer As discussed in a previous article, “Summer Parenting Time: Common Problems and Solutions,” there are unique issues for divorced dads that crop up when children are out of school for the summer. Summer vacations during the summer parenting time can be a …
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By Jamie Kinkaid Cordell & Cordell Divorce Lawyer More often than not, divorcing parties tend to forget regular and holiday visitation is completely separate from summer parenting time. Summer itself needs to be addressed individually to help give guidelines on how the visitation will occur and what the expectations are …
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By William E. Brooks Author, “My Life In Exile“ Recently, in what should have been a joyous occasion, I became a grandfather. However, I have yet to see my new grandson. And what is worse, my son, the father, has only seen his son a handful of times because he …
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Leslie Lorenzano Cordell & Cordell Divorce Lawyer When you have a limited amount of parenting time to spend with your children, you want to make every moment count. Maximizing your parenting time with your children may take planning and creative thought, which can be daunting at times, but there are …
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By Julie Garrison Special to DadsDivorce.com My previous article “Is Your Ex-Wife Ignoring Your Children During Parenting Time?” addressed a common situation when a divorced dad feels his ex-wife is not properly caring for the children during her parenting time. Frequently cited examples include mom increasingly leaving the child for …
CONTINUE READINGBy Julie Garrison Special to DadsDivorce.com What happens when a divorced dad has been noticing that his ex-wife’s parenting time has been increasingly interrupted with activities that she seems to place above her children? There are many stories on the DadsDivorce.com divorce forum where fathers tell of their ex-wives being …
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Question: I am in search of parenting advice on divorce. My kids have decided they no longer want to live with me and our child custody schedule has switched so they live with their mom most of the time. They still want me to give them computers and iPods I …
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