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Remember when you were a kid and you had to share with a sibling or a friend? Kneeling down so you to make sure you both have the exact same amount in each cup. Splitting everything down the middle so ‘everyone would be happy’? Was anyone really happy? Compromise is the easy way, not the fair way or the best way. We do it because we want to avoid confrontation, avoid hearing NO and to avoid a fight. Our brains and bodies are trained to go towards safety and move away from pai

If you are a parent going through a divorce, I know you've spent countless hours worrying about the long term effects your divorce may have on your child. All good parents worry about this but rest assured, research shows that as long as children have one stable, secure, supportive, loving parent, they are better equipped to withstand the divorce. Most parents work hard to be the best parents they can be; however, we often aren't aware of how we inadvertently hurt the childr

1. Provide Unconditional Love & Support to Your Adult Child A grandparent’s natural tendency is usually to care for the grandchild above all else. Under normal circumstances, this may work well, but in a divorce, a grandparent’s first priority should be to support their adult child. If your adult child doesn’t feel supported this can affect their ability to parent well and may also affect your opportunities to spend time with their grandchildren. A divorce is the second most

With our constant need to be entertained you wouldn’t think we crave predictability and consistency, but we do. We complain about boredom, but we resist change because transitions, and changes to our routines tend to cause us stress. Now imagine being a child whose parents are divorced…and you have to change households every week...every week you pack up your things, move to a different place, sleep in a different bed, follow different rules and just when you get acclimated,