Single parenting

  Drinking alcohol is never the solution. While we are all well aware of this, for some, it can be difficult not to reach for the bottle when things get hard. If they already have a proclivity towards drinking, a stressful period can…

  Going through a divorce is one of the hardest experiences that we can experience in life, and it can be even harder to handle once the dust settles and you realize that you will need to care for your children and bring in all of the…

  Divorce is very difficult for many reasons, but the real heartbreaker is the realization that you are losing a partner that has been a part of your life for a long time. As partners, you likely worked as a team to manage the household…

  I live in L.A., and we are in the midst of a heat wave. The family dog with his thick shiatzu hair and the 90+ degree days we are experiencing has almost vaporized him. Or at least it has almost vaporized his normal get-up-and-go…

  I’m not one of those experts who believe that divorce has little significant effect on a child’s life. I’m of the opinion that divorce can set a child up for lifelong emotional struggles. The divorce of a child’s parents leaves them…

  All most everybody worries about what will happen in the future after they get divorced. The prospect of not knowing if something good or bad will happen in the near future can produce a lot of fear and anxiety. As a result, here is a…

  I’ve written extensively about daughters of divorce, the father – daughter bond, mothers and daughters, and divorce adjustment. When it comes to divorce, there’s no shortage of topics to write about. But what came to me recently is…

  Are you a stay-at-home parent looking at divorce?  Most of my mediation cases involve a stay-at-home parent, usually Moms, but sometimes Dads. It takes a while to emotionally come to terms that your lifestyle will change during and…

  Sitting on the couch in my office, Alicia looks pensive as she says, “I grew up feeling ashamed of my parent’s divorce and somehow believed I caused it because I wasn’t a good enough kid. Plus, my mom would often tell me that I…

The first year after my divorce was chaos. After 17 years of having a great parenting partner, I was left to do it all on my own. I felt as if someone had dropped me on Mars and told me to “survive” as best I could. It didn’t help that I…