Links for Parents
I'm certainly not a parent, so getting advice elsewhere is a necessity. Here are some links that provide more of a parent's point of view. There are a lot of websites for divorcing parents out there, but I've tried to provide the best resources, and those that aren't as easy to find.
Daily Strength is quite possibly my favorite of the resources, since it allows for private or public online journaling and provides divorce support groups, including Life After Divorce and Breakups & Divorce. Divorce Source Radio provides free podcasts about divorce, interviewing a variety of experts about the difficulties you may experience.
Divorce Information for Parents offers incredibly in-depth advice for parents, including what to do with lawyers, custody, and how to help kids get through the divorce. Positive Parenting Through Divorce is an article that focuses more on co-parenting and, again, helping kids transition. Divorce and Children's slogan is "Placing children first when parents part" and I think that summarizes its goal pretty well. I really liked ChatFirst, which does a really good job of covering all the issues, including helping your children, dealing with domestic violence and abuse, and looking after yourself.
Also, Yahoo! put out an article recently called "101 Ways to Make a Difficult Divorce Easier on Your Kids." Each one is pretty simple, but when you combine them all, it makes life a whole lot easier on everyone.
And, finally, because it's not always easy living in a blended family (for the stepchild or the stepparent), advice for stepparents.
http://stepfamilytips.com/advice.html
For the single mothers out there, school grants blog has a Grants for Single Mothers page for information about grants you can earn for education. Some of these also apply to fathers. Hopefully they can help take a load off of the financial stress that tends to come after divorce.
I do not own and am not affiliated with these websites at all, but I do recommend them.
If you're up to reading some studies (yes, I read studies...don't judge me! :), there are some pretty informative ones out there on how families deal with divorce. They're a bit difficult to find if you don't know where to look, though, and they might not be free. My personal favorite is 'Feeling caught' in stepfamilies: Managing boundary turbulence through appropriate communication privacy rules, by Tamara D. Afifi. It's not just applicable to stepfamilies, but to all divorced families.
Daily Strength is quite possibly my favorite of the resources, since it allows for private or public online journaling and provides divorce support groups, including Life After Divorce and Breakups & Divorce. Divorce Source Radio provides free podcasts about divorce, interviewing a variety of experts about the difficulties you may experience.
Divorce Information for Parents offers incredibly in-depth advice for parents, including what to do with lawyers, custody, and how to help kids get through the divorce. Positive Parenting Through Divorce is an article that focuses more on co-parenting and, again, helping kids transition. Divorce and Children's slogan is "Placing children first when parents part" and I think that summarizes its goal pretty well. I really liked ChatFirst, which does a really good job of covering all the issues, including helping your children, dealing with domestic violence and abuse, and looking after yourself.
Also, Yahoo! put out an article recently called "101 Ways to Make a Difficult Divorce Easier on Your Kids." Each one is pretty simple, but when you combine them all, it makes life a whole lot easier on everyone.
And, finally, because it's not always easy living in a blended family (for the stepchild or the stepparent), advice for stepparents.
http://stepfamilytips.com/advice.html
For the single mothers out there, school grants blog has a Grants for Single Mothers page for information about grants you can earn for education. Some of these also apply to fathers. Hopefully they can help take a load off of the financial stress that tends to come after divorce.
I do not own and am not affiliated with these websites at all, but I do recommend them.
If you're up to reading some studies (yes, I read studies...don't judge me! :), there are some pretty informative ones out there on how families deal with divorce. They're a bit difficult to find if you don't know where to look, though, and they might not be free. My personal favorite is 'Feeling caught' in stepfamilies: Managing boundary turbulence through appropriate communication privacy rules, by Tamara D. Afifi. It's not just applicable to stepfamilies, but to all divorced families.