Children of divorce have a unique set of circumstances that they have to negotiate when considering future relationships. Unlike children from nuclear families where Mom and Dad stay together, children of divorce have to live and love with the realities that life has presented them. This was the message of a recent blog that took […]
Divorce is always hardest on the children, and it can be especially difficult if the kid is a teen because they’re already going through one of the most awkward and confusing times in their lives. While the teenage brain is still in development, the body is almost fully matured, and they’re having to deal with […]
Marriage counseling is often thought of as an activity that requires both people’s participation to be successful. That’s partly because of how we frame success when it comes to outcomes. A “success” is often considered whether the marriage stays together. If only one spouse is willing to take part in the counseling, that makes it […]
Being married with children can be difficult because you have to balance the conflicts that you have with your partner with the stability that your child deserves. That has led some individuals to suggest it’s never okay to fight in front of your children. And while it’s certainly true that most couples don’t know how […]
Advice columnist Amy Dickinson was recently approached by a distraught dad, who did not have a good relationship with his ex-wife and her new husband. According to the letter writer, he’d been forced to “stand up” to the stepfather on behalf of his two daughters, and said that the girls would be graduating high school […]
Married people should have no secrets. Have you heard someone say that? It could be debated till blue in the face, but the fact is, many marriages do have secrets and they’re not always bad. Here are some examples from reddit. For more check this thread. 1. “That he hated the cologne I have been […]
Co-parenting can be difficult, especially when Mom and Dad no longer see eye-to-eye and have very different parenting styles. This became immediately apparent to our online divorce review site when we came upon this thread from reddit. In it, commenters share things they’ve kept from the other co-parent in their family dynamic. Here were some […]
As an online divorce site, we see many cases come across where children are present and child support becomes a necessity. However, in Colorado, more than one-third of child support payments go unpaid each year, and it’s indicative of a larger problem throughout the U.S. The Coloradoan explains, noting that the arrears consists of 32,000 so-called […]
The nuclear family used to be what people thought of when they heard the word “family.” Mom, Dad, and maybe a kid or two. Throughout the 1960s, it became known as the “Leave It To Beaver” standard. But now that standard is no more. According to a new study, 54 percent of children are no longer […]
As an online divorce review site, we’ve seen a lot of curious behaviors from people mulling over the prospect of divorce, but nothing quite compares to the point of view of an actual divorce attorney. Recently a Reddit commenter asked divorce attorneys what some of their craziest client stories were like. They did not disappoint. […]
