Your child has suddenly become mouthy and rude. You are not able to just put it down to them having a bad day, as this has been going on for some time now and they are becoming belligerent toward everyone most of the time.OR
Your child becomes quiet and withdrawn. Not speaking to anyone, not calling on friends. Not even wanting to go play their favourite activity or go to school…
When couples go through divorce, managing time between you and your ex can be stressful, and trying to ensure that your children aren’t affected is equally difficult.
However, in some situations the opposite can happen. When one person appears less interested in maintaining a relationship with your children, this situation can cause even greater upset and hurt for both you and your children.
“I feel exhausted trying to juggle being a single parent and working at the same time. I don’t feel I am doing well at either.”
Does this sound familiar? Being a single working parent can be very demanding. The transition from being part of a team managing your time equally, to coping alone can often seem impossible.
Being a single parent means that you have to juggle so much…
Times have changed and the old fashioned view that a marriage will last forever has to fade. Britain has the highest divorce rate in Europe with 42%of first marriages ending in divorce. If we do achieve the fairy tale of happy ever after that is fast becoming the exception rather than the rule.
It is often said that divorce is the 2nd most traumatic experience after loss of a loved one. The…
There is an article in the Daily Mail today entitled “Why ‘ex-sex’ CAN be a good idea: Sleeping with an old lover lessens psychological distress of break-up… if you’re not over him” (You can read all about it here: LINK)
Apparently research from the University of Arizona (published in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology) found that divorced partners who slip back into the…
Researchers from the University of Portsmouth Business School have won funding to examine shared parenting and contact orders for children whose parents separate. The research comes in the wake of fathers’ rights groups campaigning for more time with their children after divorce, and a mooted change in the law in favour of shared parenting becoming the norm.
Dr Maebh Harding and Dr Annika…
Just like the picture, finding your strength and realising your attributes are found through the struggles and the pain in life. Not when things are easy and you FEEL you are at your strongest. It is through the weak moments that you learn and become stronger because of those circumstances. A bag of Tea may look exactly the same as every other teabag in the box and you can make your…
The UK laws of divorce have not been reformed since their introduction in 1969. However there was a move and introduction to No – Fault Divorce shortly after 1970.
No-fault divorceis a divorce in which the dissolution of a marriage does not require a showing of wrong-doing by either party, and those interested in further reading can look to a resource like this…
Divorce in many cases is becoming a fast route to poverty.
Not only does divorce often bring a severe heartbreak that can take a vast time to heal. Research shows that people are not healingfrom divorce.
> The 2nd marriage divorce rate is 53%
> 3rd marriage divorce rate is 72% and
> 4th marriage divorce rate is 84%
Each year about 1.2 million couples get divorced in the US vs 120,000…
Handling your ex after your divorce can be a tricky business. Here are some tips for some great do’s and dont’s!
Ex-Etiquette where there are no children involved – Divorce without children
If your divorce does not involve children from the marriage or the relationship, there is technically no reason to maintain contact with your ex. That’s the good and the bad news. The good…