Blending Your StepFamily: How Divorce Uniquely Impacts Teenagers
It’s so important to be aware of how divorce effects children differently when a family is in the turmoil of a separation or divorce, in order to help your child…
Blending Your StepFamily: Helping Your Toddler Through Your Divorce
Babies begin to learn from the ages of 6 – 8 months that they are a separate being from their parents and others. Before now, baby probably could be passed…
Blending Your StepFamily: How Divorce Affects Your Baby
Studies have shown that divorce does affect children. But as parents, we want to minimize the bad affects of our divorce for our kids. We are going to take a…
Blending Your StepFamily: Friends With Your Ex-Spouse?
I met a lovely young woman this past weekend who we shall call "Monique". She is divorced with a young daughter. Her husband left her two years ago for another woman. …
Blending Your StepFamily: Should You Give Your Adult Children Money?
We recently discussed Ted and Susie’s situation about whether they should give money to Ted’s grown daughter who is in debt. Not surprisingly, people have differing opinions on this subject. …
Blending Your StepFamily: The Differences Between Helping and Enabling Irresponsible Stepchildren
Each of us should continue to learn to love each other as Christ has loved us. And, I can’t think of a better place to learn how to really love than…
Blending Your StepFamily: Supporting Your Child During Your Divorce or Separation
For children, divorce can be very stressful, sad, and confusing. At any age, kids may feel uncertain or angry at the prospect of mom and dad splitting up. As a…
Blending Your Family: Know When to Seek Help! – Helping Children Cope with Divorce, part 2
Children’s response to going through the divorce is as varied as the kids themselves. Some have a very hard time with it while others seem to take it in stride. …
Blending Your StepFamily: Helping Your Child Cope With Divorce – Your Recovery Counts, Too!
If you have ever flown, you know the emergency instruction to parents traveling with children is to first put the oxygen mask on yourself so you can then put it…
Blending Your StepFamily 57: Premarital Expectations
We all have them. In first marriages when you add children after the marriage, it’s natural to work out your roles, who does what and when. But it’s a different…