They’ll likely feel uncertain about the upcoming changes, and how that will affect their relationship with you. Your children will also be worried about living with their new step-parent whom they might not know well.
How you parent with your ex-spouse can make a big impact on your child's life. Learn the difference between co-parenting and parallel parenting.
While the emphasis of parenting after divorce is clearly on co-parenting, the fact is that parallel parenting doesn't make you a bad parent.
It’s called parenting guilt, and all parents feel it at one time or another. In fact, the best of parents in the most secure relationships with excellent financial and emotional security can feel it. So, if you’re in the process of divorce or are newly divorced, it’s not unusual to feel like a parenting failure.[...]
Although separation may be the best situation for parents and children, there are things parents can do to help children cope.
Children need to be involved in what's going on between you and your spouse. You cannot hide it from them; they pick up on things, and they may even feel as through they are to blame.
Successful shared parenting benefits both children and parents, but it is not appropriate for all families. Here are the pros and cons of shared parenting after divorce.
Parenting teenagers during divorce can be challenging, especially when it comes to visitation issues.
Communicating is riddled with potholes. This is particularly so for divorced couples whose relationship may be strained with distrust, unresolved resentment
The transition to becoming a stepfamily is never easy. Here's how to do it.