Tag Archives: children

September 24, 2020

Take a Deep Breath: The Children are Listening

Children begin their lives constantly observing and emulating our use of language. A baby watches, listens and models her mother’s face saying “Ohhhh,” moving her own lips to form the shape of that sound. A toddler Continue reading…

March 4, 2018

ASD, Lockdowns, and Valentine’s Day 2018 – Part 1

Categories: Children in Divorce • Divorce & Social Media • Family Law • Mental Health • Parents

OK – this has nothing to do with divorce – or maybe it does. Valentine’s Day. Yes, I know, it was two weeks ago. And for people going through divorce, Valentine’s Day was perhaps just another day. On the other Continue reading…

November 26, 2017

Parenting in Divorce

Categories: Children in Divorce

Children deserve the best, safe parenting they can get from both their parents. This is a fundamental guiding principle for my work as a neutral child specialist. It sounds intuitiveand obvious. But in the context of separation and divorce, Continue reading…

July 31, 2017

Holiday Traditions and Parenting Time

Categories: Children in Divorce • Collaborative Law • Divorce • Family Law • Parents

With the holidays upon us, most of us are getting ready for gatherings with family and friends and figuring out who is hosting which holiday. Many families have traditions that may go back generations. As parents, we may choose to Continue reading…

July 10, 2017

How to Avoid the Divortex – Part 3

Categories: Children in Divorce • Collaborative Law • Divorce • Financial Goals

In parts 1 and 2, we defined vortex as: 1) a whirling mass of water or air that sucks everything near it towards its center; 2) a place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that it surrounds, Continue reading…

May 29, 2017

Teaching Your Kids About Money – Teenagers

Categories: Budgeting • Children & Money • Financial Goals • Parents

Sometimes your teenage children think they know everything. Do they know that if they saved the $6 they spend each day on a super antioxidant smoothie (or caramel macchiato), in 8 years they could buy a 4-door sedan in soul Continue reading…

October 3, 2016

Teaching Your Kids About Money – The Early Years

Categories: Budgeting • Children & Money • Financial Goals • Money and Finances • Parents

What are you teaching your children that will best prepare them for a successful adulthood? To be polite and say thank you? To believe in themselves? How about that if they save 15% of every check they ever earn, they Continue reading…

August 31, 2016

Spirited Children

Categories: Children in Divorce • Family Law • Parents

My kids are spirited. Not possessed, although somedays it seems like they are. I thought the term “spirited child” referred to a child with ADD or ADHD. Not true. It’s not a diagnosis – it’s simply temperament. Thank goodness for Continue reading…

August 17, 2016

Please Don’t Argue in Front of ANYONE’S Kids at Swimming Lessons

Categories: Children in Divorce • Divorce • Family Law • Mental Health • Parents

My husband and I were taking our kids to swimming lessons when we saw a man and woman standing outside the facility arguing. The anger and negative energy were palpable. While still in the parking lot, we met up with Continue reading…

August 10, 2016

Heading Back-to-School This Fall

Categories: Children in Divorce • Divorce • Parents

It may feel like it should still be the middle of June and that school just let out, but the harsh reality is that back-to-school season is upon us. Co-parenting is hard enough during the summer when schedules are flexible Continue reading…