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Books About Divorce To Help Kids Cope

Is Staying Together 'for The Kids' Really The Best Solution?

- books,family-life
- January 29, 2023
Books About Divorce to Help Kids Cope

These days, there's a wide variety of books that deal with divorce and separation so kids can see themselves in what they read.
- parenting
- September 25, 2022
Is Staying Together ‘for the Kids’ Really the Best Solution?

Is staying together for the kids the best solution. A divorce lawyer weighs in...
- parenting,family-life
- September 21, 2021
Is There Such a Thing As a Good Divorce?

So it's come to this. But there is such a thing as a good divorce and it's possible to raise happy children with minimal emotional upset.
- mom-101
- January 25, 2019
Not Everyone Can Positively Co-Parent and That’s Okay

Remaining friendly with your co-parent can be extremely draining, confusing, and unattainable for most of us. *Just* co-parenting may be enough.
- mom-101
- November 20, 2018
The Worst Part of My Blended Family Breakup Is Missing My Ex’s Children

How often can I keep in touch... Do they even want me to keep in touch with them anyway after their father and I broke up?
- family-life
- June 13, 2018
Helping Kids Sleep in Different Homes After Separation or Divorce

After separation or divorce, children need time to get used to living between two homes and sleeping in different environments. Here's how you can help them adjust to the changes, and also a few practical things you can do to make their sleep transition easier.
- mom-101
- June 5, 2018
How Sharing Custody Has Made Me A Far Better Parent

Sure I’m sad over the demise of my common-law marriage. Yet, a great thing has happened. Shared custody has made my relationship, and my bond with my son, stronger than The Hulk. And way more fun too!
- family-life
- November 23, 2018
I Was Sideswiped By My Own Divorce

I’d been married for 11 years, to the person I thought was my very best friend. We had similar interests, we laughed together, worked as a team, and had grand plans for our mutual futures. I could never understand how people were sideswiped by divorce until I was.
- parenting
- December 21, 2017
Can We Please Stop Celebrating Celebrity Co-Parents?

Lauding famous people for co-parenting their child(ren) is like congratulating fathers for "being hands on." Celebrating stars who co-parent as though they've brokered peace in the middle east is nauseating and I'd like it to stop.
- mom-101
- December 7, 2017
How Meghan Markle Royally Changed The Stigma of Divorce

It turns out what I had been feeling, watching Markle and Prince Harry together, was hope and optimism. Not just for me, but for anyone else who has or is going through a divorce.
- mom-101
- August 11, 2017
As A Single Mom, I Had To Reevaluate All My Friendships

Divorce isn’t just a break up between you and your husband. There are so many varying aspects to part with. Amongst them? Friendships.
- mom-101
- August 31, 2020
Why There Are No ‘Steps’ or ‘Halfs’ in My Blended Family

Biologically, I have two kids. But, in my eyes, I have four. My partner, biologically, has three. But when asked, he too says that he has four.
- parenting
- November 30, 2021
How to Get Through the Holidays When You Are Divorced

This will be my third year in a row not spending New Year's Eve with my daughter.
- events
- September 22, 2016
Marriage Isn’t Just BJs and Sandwiches!

A review of Anne Marie Scheffler's hilarious one woman show MILF Life Crisis.
- parenting
- June 27, 2016
‘Parenting Marriage’ Is the Latest Alternative to Getting Divorced

People are aware the impact a messy divorce can have on their children, and there's been a growing trend in opting for a ‘parenting marriage' instead of irreparably separating.
- mom-101
- April 24, 2016
I Found Love After Divorce… on a Blind Date!

This week marks my three-year anniversary with my boyfriend. It's hard to believe. When we met on a blind date, I never thought that this blind date might turn into something more. In fact, I was...
- mom-101
- April 11, 2016
Dealing With Ex In-Laws After Divorce

I recently realized that one of the hardest things about being divorced is my inability to communicate with my ex in-laws. It's now inappropriate for me to let them know how disappointed I was...
- mom-101
- March 16, 2016
Divide And Conquer During March Break

Dividing the holidays when you're divorced can be tricky. Often, the arrangements will be laid out in your separation agreement, the document that outlines the tenants of your divorce. Some...
- mom-101
- March 9, 2016
When A Parent Gives Up Their Kids There’s Only One Side To The Story

Kelly Clarkson's "American Idol" performance reminds us that after divorce, you are still a parent
- mom-101
- March 9, 2016
Surviving My Son’s Birthday Celebrations After Divorce

We recently celebrated my son's seventh birthday. I usually get really emotional around their birthdays. I always have. I get overwhelmed at how much they've accomplished, how big they've grown, how...
- family-life
- February 24, 2016
Dating After Divorce

This excerpt appears in a forthcoming pseudonymous memoir from Claire O'Donnell. Tentatively titled...
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- February 17, 2016
How To Explain Divorce To Your Children

I explained divorce to my children two years ago when the concept was new and am constantly reinforcing the same messages: 1. Divorce is never the childrens' fault. 2. Mommy and Daddy wanted...
- family-life
- January 25, 2016
Best Books to Read When You’re Going Through Separation

Here's a list of our favourite books for the journey through the end of a relationship. Got a recommended divorce book you don't see here? Leave a comment and we'll add it to the list! There's no easy way to uncouple. Even the most amicable separation or
- family-life
- December 2, 2020
Ain’t No Shame in the Marriage Counselling Game

Admitting that you need help with your marriage isn't easy, but it is worth it
- family-life
- December 15, 2015
Nick Cannon On His Divorce: “The Kids Are Our #1 Priority”

It's always sad when a couple splits up, even more so when there are kids involved. This is true of our friends, our family and, yes, even the celebrities we all watch from afar. Lately there...
- mom-101
- November 24, 2015
Ready To Face The World

The thing about divorce is that there are ups and downs even after it's final. I'm actually going through a bit of a stressful time right now. I can't say much about it, but my appearance speaks for...
- mom-101
- November 16, 2015
Becoming The Disciplinarian After Divorce

There are a lot of things I do amazingly well as a mom. I'm loving, I'm understanding, I'm always on time for school pick ups and drop offs and I can always make my kids laugh. I wrestle with them, I...
- family-life
- October 23, 2015
Are We Doing Marriage Wrong?

In this episode of The New Family Podcast I chat with the authors of The New ‘I Do'—Reshaping Marriage for Skeptics, Realists and Rebels. Susan Pease Gadoua is a licensed therapist with an expertise in marriage and divorce, and she's also the author of t
- mom-101
- September 9, 2015
Let It Go. It’s All Right.

I'm driving down a road I've never been on, sun streaming in, music on the radio. I've run away again. *** For the last few weeks I've been carrying the pain of this in my gut.
- family-life
- September 8, 2015
Why We Love the #DivorceSelfie

In case you missed it, a photo taken by a Calgary couple just after they filed for divorce went viral after it was posted on Facebook recently.
- mom-101
- August 30, 2015
5 Weird Little Things About Living Next Door to Your Ex

I suppose it's no surprise that we get a lot of questions about what it's like to live next door to your ex after divorce—at least when people first learn about our situation (our friends are big supporters and they're used to it). While to us this is now
- mom-101
- August 14, 2015
Dating After Divorce: What I Learned by the Camp Fire

I don't write much about my own journey to find love again after a marriage ends. Actually, now that I really think about it, it turns out I have written about it exactly never.
- family-life
- July 24, 2015
Gwyneth Paltrow Talks Parenting Post-Divorce

Gwyneth Paltrow opens about her conscious uncoupling and becoming a co-parent
- mom-101
- July 22, 2015
How To Be Strong Inside and Out After Your Divorce

Sometimes work leads to place you never really thought you would end up! This weekend I attended a body building show for a newspaper article I'm writing about the popularity of the bikini...
- mom-101
- July 20, 2015
Why I Decided to Change My Name After Divorce

Six months ago I separated from my husband, and one of the (many, many, many) things to enter into upheaval was my surname. To change or not to change, that was the question.
- family-life
- July 6, 2015
How To Explain Divorce To Your Children

I explained divorce to my children two years ago when the concept was new and am constantly reinforcing the same messages:
- family-life
- June 24, 2015
Attending Your Kid’s Graduation After Divorce

It's the time of year that every separated or divorced parent dreads: your child's graduation. Parents and grandparents are invited to see their kids sing songs, recite poems and celebrate the...
- food
- April 13, 2015
Are You Eating For Your Divorce?

Foods play a crucial role in our moods. If you're already going through a separation or divorce, you're probably on an emotional roller-coaster.
- family-life
- March 30, 2015
Why You Need To Get Out of Your Comfort Zone After Divorce

Get out of your comfort zone. It's one of the things I always recommend to newly separated or divorced women. It will help you not only rediscover who you are and what you want to be, but it...
- family-life
- March 25, 2015
9 Ways Sweatpants Can Lead To Divorce

Alison Tedford responds to Eva Mendes' warnings on the matrimonial risk posed by sweatpants.
- family-life
- March 9, 2015
Hilary Duff on Marriage and Love

Actress Hilary Duff makes some revelations to Cosmo about life after divorce
- home
- March 9, 2015
Pamper Yourself With This Natural DIY Pick-Me-Up

When I need some pampering, one of my favourite things to do is go to the spa for a treatment. If you're in the midst of a separation or divorce, you probably need a little TLC, but you may not...
- family-life
- February 13, 2014
5 Tips for Keeping Peace in Your (financial) Marriage!

Just before the highest (over-rated) "love day" of the year, Valentine's Day comes out a survey that really sheds some light on how couples relate (or not!) over their finances! Here are the top reasons for divorce in Canada: Fighting over money
- mom-101
- January 7, 2014
Rescuing Myself

‘It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life - for me, and I'm feelin' good.' I'm not as cool as Nina Simone, but I'm
- mom-101
- January 5, 2014
#134. Goodbye 2013 and Hello 2014!

What a holiday season. What a year. What a decade. What a life! After my last gloomy post I got the flu which completely
- mom-101
- November 10, 2013
Hard Choices For a Single Mom

I live in the city of Toronto plagued by a Mayor who can barely form a coherent sentence, is a raging alcoholic and admitted crack
- mom-101
- August 21, 2013
The Leading Cause of Divorce

I have finally figured out what the leading cause of divorce is
- mom-101
- May 14, 2013
Weighing Self-Sabotage

I'm embarrassed to admit it, but I've gained at least fifteen pounds over the past ten weeks
- mom-101
- April 22, 2013
#104. Finding Balance

In an effort to shift my focus away from motherhood to include other aspects of life, I will stop catering to my son like a slave
- mom-101
- March 30, 2013
#101. Taking Charge

I receive a lot of emails from women who share their stories of heartbreak, fear, depression and feelings of worthles[..]
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- March 5, 2013
#98. Oh What a Night!

The Bar Mitzvah happened and I survived! Barely
- mom-101
- January 18, 2013
A Weekend Away

It's one thing to hear abstract statistics about how many marriages end in divorce. But it's quite another to watch your friends, the ones who have stable relationships and tend to make good choices, go down.
- mom-101
- November 9, 2012
High School Shopping Madness

What's wrong is that is my son is just like me and it's driving me insane. I don't want him to be like me. I want him to be better.
- mom-101
- October 5, 2012
#76. Shake That Body

Here's the secret to losing weight: Move more and eat less. But most importantly, you have to genuinely value yourself or you simply won't bother
- mom-101
- July 29, 2012
#66. The Road Trip – Part 2: The Visit

Evidently other mother had shared my sense of urgency, as seemingly hysterical women were running passed me to get to the camp as soon as humanly possible.
- family-life
- July 19, 2012
And Now It’s Tom’s Turn

Tom Cruise is back in NYC and ready to do some damage control.
- family-life
- July 13, 2012
Katie Holmes Looks Tired

Of course she looks tired – she's had a pretty full 3 weeks.
- family-life
- July 9, 2012
Tom Cruise And Katie Holmes Reach A Divorce Settlement

Well, that was fast! It hasn't even been two weeks since Katie Holmes blindsided Tom Cruise by filing for divorce and already the case has been settled.
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- July 5, 2012
It’s Business As Usual For Katie Holmes

Even though she's smack dab in the middle of what is probably going to be one of the messiest celebrity divorces in a long time, Katie Holmes is still trying to keep some semblance of normalcy for her daughter Suri.
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- July 5, 2012
It’s Getting Ugly – Katie Holmes Files For Emergency Custody And Support Hearing

We knew it was going to get messy but I have a feeling it's going to happen a lot faster than we thought.
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- July 4, 2012
Do Not Underestimate Katie Holmes

Things are about to get very messy in the Katie Holmes/Tom Cruise divorce, mostly because Katie Holmes is surprising us all with how much of a backbone she's showing.
- family-life
- July 3, 2012
Katie Holmes Files For Divorce From Tom Cruise, Well Played, Katie Holmes, Well Played

OK so today is the first day of summer vacation and I was sitting at the park with my girlfriends and all our kids when news of Katie Holmes filing for divorce from Tom Cruise hit.
- family-life
- March 24, 2012
Ryan And Reese Made Such Cute Kids

We don't see a lot of pictures of Ryan Phillippe out with his kids. I think he tries to lay low a bit more than most actors
- family-life
- January 1, 2012
Am I Normal? Managing adult emotions during separation and divorce

Sometimes, life just doesn't seem fair. You didn't ask for this any more than your kids did. You didn't even see it coming. Years of working together at creating a family and in an instant, everything is different.