Featured on HuffPost March 5, 2019 Grandparents of families, blended or otherwise, play a special role as a source of unconditional love. Co-parenting can bring challenges for all family members, including grandparents. After all, grandparents and "bonus" grandparents (my name for step/bonus parents who become loving grandparents to the children of their step/bonus children) love [...]
Featured on HuffPost Nov 2, 2018 A key step toward co-parenting in harmony is adopting a new language with your co-parent for effective communication that is parenting-only. Start by recognizing that co-parenting is child-focused and aimed at them having both parents securely in their lives as heroes and role models. Your new language must be [...]
Featued on Huffington Post Sept 22, 2015 Newly divorced and dating but why does it have to be so complicated? He’s attractive, sensitive and so much fun to be with. He’s also moody, quick to anger and can be hard to talk to. Why? Because life is complicated when you have an ex to deal [...]
Click here Featured on Huffington Post August 8, 2016 It is so difficult to parent in these fast-paced, highly-stressful times. Both moms and dads are working to make ends meet. There is homework, extra-curricular activities, and sometimes children have additional learning needs or challenges as well. Parents barely have time to meet their own needs as [...]
Click here Featured on Huffington Post May 31, 2016 We arrived at the airport, excited knowing that soon we would feel the warm breeze and hot sun on our skin. We got on the shuttle, loaded with people from various countries, for an adult-only week of Zen vacation. The atmosphere of enthusiastic people in good moods [...]
Click here Featured on Huffington Post February 26, 2016 When I think back to my early years of Co-parenting, 30 years ago, my awareness about Co-parenting was limited – it was unknown territory. I had to figure out how to manage my emotions through the twists and turns of my new life. Becoming a co-parent [...]
Are you wondering how you will survive the upcoming holiday season with your ex-spouse as Co-parents? For newly divorced individuals, life is often chaotic. You need to settle into a new routine and heal a broken family. Often you, your ex-spouse, and your child/ren are feeling hurt, sad and insecure. But just because you are [...]
Click here to read my recent article in the Huffington Post, November 2015 My stepson has the best of both worlds: A life he loves at home with us, and another life he loves at his other home with his mom. With a holiday season of celebrating and entertaining just around the corner, it can [...]
Click here to read my recent article in the Huffington Post, September 2015 Newly divorced and dating but why does it have to be so complicated? He’s attractive, sensitive and so much fun to be with. He’s also moody, quick to anger and can be hard to talk to. Why? Because life is complicated when [...]
Listen in to my interview with Tommy Schnurmacher of CJAD 800. Divorced/Separated parents are struggling with effective Co-Parenting. One of the most difficult challenges divorced parents face is establishing a code of conduct for Co-Parenting that works for their family dynamic. However, when Co-parents can just remain as parents and focus only on their parenting [...]
