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What to Do When Your Child Wants Their Divorced Parents Back Together

When Your Child Wants What You Can't Give It usually starts with a question asked under a whisper just before bedtime, or perhaps with a tearful plea during the ride from one house to another: "Can you and Dad (or Mom) be together again?" Few things

Divorce and Connection: How to Stay Emotionally Close to Your Child

When Home Changes, So Does Everything Divorce isn’t just the end of a couple’s relationship—it’s a shift in the entire family atmosphere. As a parent, your heart likely breaks every time your child flinches at the mention of switching houses, or withdraws after a tense phone

How to Handle Shared Custody When Your Child Is Still Young

When Co-Parenting Begins Early When you're navigating shared custody with a young child, it often feels like you're walking a tightrope—balancing love, logistics, schoolwork, and big feelings all at once. Your child might be only seven, but their world has been split in two. And

How to Release Parental Guilt After Divorce and Better Support Your Child’s Learning

That heavy feeling in your chest isn't just sadness—it's guilt After a divorce, most parents are familiar with the ache of parental guilt. You replay conversations. You wonder if you should have stayed longer, tried harder, smiled more. And amidst the emotional swirl, your child

How to Prevent Divorce From Affecting Your Child's Academic Success

When your child’s world shifts, how do you keep school from slipping too? Divorce is rarely easy—for you, and certainly not for your child. When you’re adjusting to shared custody, financial changes, and a new emotional landscape, you’re doing it all while trying to protect the

Separation and School: How to Make Home-to-School Transitions Easier for Your Child

Understanding the Emotional Weight of Mornings After Separation Monday mornings in separated families can feel heavier than usual. The rush to pack backpacks, check homework, and get everyone out the door often happens amidst an invisible fog of change. For a child bouncing between homes, the simple act of going

How Can My Child Adjust to Living in Two Homes?

When Home Is Two Places You're not alone if you find yourself quietly worrying about how your child is handling life between two households. Maybe you're exhausted from trying to keep everything balanced—school papers in backpacks, toothbrushes in the right bathroom, and emotional needs met

Helping Your 8-Year-Old Navigate Emotions During Divorce

Understanding the Emotional Landscape of an 8-Year-Old Divorce changes everything. And while you may be juggling legal logistics, finances, and how to restructure your own emotional world, your 8-year-old is navigating a storm of their own—without the tools or vocabulary to name what they feel. Many parents underestimate how

How to Plan Your Child’s Birthday After Divorce Without Added Stress

When birthdays bring more pressure than joy If you’re a divorced parent, you probably already know that co-parenting comes with its share of emotional logistics. But come birthday season, what’s usually fun for kids can become emotionally charged for adults. You want to protect the joy of the

Helping Your Child Feel Grounded Between Separated Parents

When Home Is in Two Places at Once "I feel like I never know where I belong." These words might not come out of your child's mouth exactly like that, but if you're co-parenting after a separation or divorce, you may hear their stress

What Books Should I Read with My Child to Help Explain Divorce?

Finding the Right Words Through Story There are moments in parenting when words seem to fail us. Explaining why Mom and Dad no longer live together is one of those moments. You want your child to understand, to feel loved, to feel safe — but how do you explain such a

How to Create Consistent Discipline Between Separated Parents

When Two Homes Feel Like Two Worlds When you're co-parenting after a separation or divorce, one of the hardest things to juggle—aside from your own emotions—is creating a sense of stability and consistency for your child. Many parents describe feeling like they exist in parallel universes:

Divorce: How to Help Your Child Stay Engaged in School During a Family Split

When School Feels Secondary to a Shattered Home There’s a moment — usually quiet, often unnoticed — where your child sits in front of an open notebook, pencil in hand, but their mind is somewhere else entirely. Maybe it's something their other parent said. Maybe it's the

How to Help Your Child with Homework When They Switch Homes Every Week

Homework Between Two Homes: A Daily Challenge for Separated Families You're living it—shuttling backpacks, forgotten notebooks, and half-completed assignments from one home to another. Your child lives in two spaces, and somewhere in between, they're expected to finish their math worksheet, study vocabulary, and prepare

How to Comfort Your Child Before Visits to Their Other Parent

Understanding the Anxiety Behind the Transition For many parents navigating shared custody, the moment before their child leaves to go to the other parent's home can feel unexpectedly emotional—and not just for the adults. Whether your child is 6 or 12, those hours or minutes leading up

Separated Parenting: 10 Real-Life Strategies to Handle Daily Routines with Your Child

When Two Homes Become Home Nothing prepares you for the quiet after your child is dropped off at the other parent's house. Or the rush of trying to make up for lost time when it’s your turn. Parenting after separation is not just about sharing custody—it’

Separation and School: How to Support Your Child’s Learning Through Family Change

Why separation often disrupts school life When families go through a separation or divorce, it’s not just the living arrangements that change — your child’s entire world can feel upside down. Many parents tell me they didn’t expect school to be affected as much as it was. But

How to Create a Peaceful Co-Parenting Routine After Divorce

When Learning and Emotions Collide If you're reading this, you may be navigating the delicate and exhausting dance of parenting after divorce. Your child is between 6 and 12, school brings its own set of daily challenges, and now you're also juggling emotional transitions, two homes,

When Your Child Feels Torn Between Two Parents: How to Help Them Cope

Understanding the Invisible Tug-of-War “He doesn’t want to leave his dad’s house.” “She doesn’t talk to me for the first hour after she comes back.” “He says he misses me when he’s with you.” If you’ve heard words like these—or maybe even said them—

How to Support Your Child’s Emotional Wellbeing After a Separation

When the Family Changes, So Does the World of Your Child You’re exhausted. The paperwork, the emotional whirlwind, the logistics of two homes—it’s all a lot. And through it all, you’re trying to show up for your child, who may not have the words to say,

Can Divorce Affect My Child’s Ability to Learn? What Every Parent Needs to Know

Learning in the Middle of Life Changes When their parents are going through a divorce, children don’t stop being curious, bright, or capable of learning. But it would be unrealistic to expect that the upheaval of a family structure—especially for kids aged 6 to 12—won’t have

How to Organize Schoolwork Across Two Homes After Separation

When School Folders Commute Too “Mom, I left my math notebook at Dad’s.” If you’re raising a child across two homes, this sentence might sound painfully familiar. Dealing with backpacks, permission slips, reading logs, and homework assignments is already enough at one address — double that with two, and

How to Explain Joint Custody to a 6-Year-Old After a Divorce

Start With What They Know: Home Means Love You're sitting at the kitchen table, your child’s small hands wrapped around a cup of chocolate milk. They look up at you with thoughtful eyes and ask, "Why can't you and mom live in the same

How to Help Your Child Feel at Home in Both Houses After a Separation

Two Homes, One Heart: Helping Your Child Feel Safe and Grounded After a Separation You're doing your best. Between juggling schedules, meetings with teachers, and remembering who packed the homework folder, being a co-parent after a separation is no easy feat. But your deepest concern isn't

How to Avoid Conflicts During Custody Transitions After Divorce

The Tension Beneath the Handoff It’s 5:57 p.m. on a Thursday. You're parked outside your ex-partner’s apartment, your child’s backpack on the seat beside you. You've had a long workday, dinner is half-prepped at home, and you're mentally bracing