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Posts tagged good communication
When to tell the children about your divorce
When to tell the children about your divorce

Written by the experts at Wayman & Long Solicitors. As parents, we go above and beyond to ensure our children are happy regardless of what we might be going through as an individual or as a couple. Unfortunately, going through a divorce is an emotionally complex and daunting process that can be increasingly difficult when there are children involved.

Despite knowing that divorce is the right thing for your family in the long run, there is a fear of hurting your children in the process. Thankfully, there are ways you can make the process easier for your children, starting with telling them in the right way, at the right time.

In this blog, we are going to share our advice for when to tell your children about the divorce. We will also share additional tips that may make the process a little easier.

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Other, Co-ParentingRebekah Frankcomparenting, families, parenting tips, parenting help, toddler behaviour, parenting blog, parenting advice, co parenting, shared parenting, separated parents, making co-parenting work, making shared parenting work, parenting together, child first, empathy, good communication, united front, co-parenting plan, parenting challenges, parent handovers, amicable, respectful, extended family, ex-partner, parenting with your ex, consistency, parenting webinars, stable and secure environment for kids, Divorce
My child only wants me!
My child only wants me!

Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. Our children can be very set on things at times and this can even be in relation to wanting one parent to do everything for them and to be with them all the time. We can often find in these situations that we have one parent who seems to be favoured over the other.

This behaviour can be extremely draining for the ‘preferred’ parent at the time and can be very difficult (and upsetting at times) for the other parent (the ‘rejected’ one) who feels that they are not wanted or, sometimes, not even liked or loved.

We must remember that this is not about who your child does or doesn’t like, it is all about your child learning and developing, which includes learning what relationships feel like and how to manage them. They are practicing something that they will have to deal with for years to come through friendships, relationships and also with work colleagues. It is all about making sense of how and why we feel what we do!

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Behaviour, Separation anxietyRebekah Frankcomparenting, families, parenting tips, parenting help, toddler behaviour, child development, parenting blog, kids behaviour, kids emotions, empathy, good communication, consistency, helpful links, parenting webinars, separation anxiety, my child only wants me, independence, preferred parent, rejected parent, child's perspective
Why does my child’s behaviour change when they have been on a screen?
Why does my child’s behaviour change when they have been on a screen?

Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. As I am writing this blog we are in lockdown 3.0 - back to home schooling and trying to come up with ways to keep our children entertained all day long! Even before lockdown I think we were all coming to accept that screens are a part of our everyday lives. They aren’t going anywhere, and I think we would all agree that they’ve been really valuable through lockdown in keeping us all connected with friends, family and with work or school.

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Behaviour, Lockdown, Tweens and TeensRebekah Frankcomparenting, families, parenting tips, parenting help, toddler behaviour, child development, parenting blog, parenting advice, kids behaviour, child first, empathy, good communication, parenting challenges, amicable, respectful, helpful links, parenting webinars, screen time, tech time, tech ban, dopamine, instant gratification, video games, no tech, technology for kids, house rules, family agreement, self regulation, limiting screens, gaming, kids gaming, screen based, home schooling, feel good, social media, social media and teens, teens social media, teens screen time, tweens screen time, toddler screen time
How do you make co-parenting work?
How do you make co-parenting work?

Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. Co-parenting or shared parenting are terms used when two people who have been in a relationship, have had children together but then separated. The important thing to remember about co-parenting is that you don’t stop being a parent, you just stop being in a relationship with the person that you have had children with. You both still have a responsibility to your children to provide them with a stable and secure environment in which they can grow and develop.

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Behaviour, Other, Co-ParentingRebekah Frankcomparenting, families, parenting tips, parenting help, toddler behaviour, child development, Head banging, parenting blog, parenting advice, kids behaviour, kids emotions, positive attention, co parenting, shared parenting, separated parents, making co-parenting work, making shared parenting work, parenting together, child first, empathy, good communication, united front, co-parenting plan, parenting challenges, parent handovers, amicable, respectful, extended family, ex-partner, parenting with your ex, consistency, helpful links, parenting webinars, stable and secure environment for kids