Tag: parenting advice

As a parent, you never want to see your child in emotional pain. When you do, you often have a natural instinct to want to do everything in your power to take away their pain. Sometimes, you cannot automatically "fix" your child's situation as quickly as you would like to. Your child has to go through their own healing process to find success on the other side.

There is, however, something very powerful that every parent can do when their child is experiencing emotional pain and that is hope and empathetic understanding.

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 5 of "Moving On: Redesigning Your Emotional, Financial, and Social Life"

After divorce, each party has the opportunity to redefine who they are as a parent. Some parents were hardly home before the divorce, while others parented full time. Both can start anew in their parental roles and determine their house rules and expectations, while clearly communicating this to the children involved.