How to Support Your Son's Emotions After a Separation

Separation Changes Everything—Especially for Kids "He’s not the same since we split." Whether those words are whispered to a friend or spoken with guilt to a therapist, they echo the reality many parents face after a separation. If your son has been struggling emotionally—meltdowns at

High-Conflict Divorce: How to Emotionally Protect Your Child

Seeing the Storm Through Your Child’s Eyes When you're in the thick of a high-conflict divorce, it's easy to feel like you're holding on by a thread. Tensions run high, legal processes drag on, and emotions swing wildly. But amid all the paperwork,

How to Help Your 10-Year-Old Open Up About Your Divorce

When the Words Don’t Come: Understanding Your Child’s Silence When you told your 10-year-old that you and your partner were separating, maybe they nodded quietly. Maybe they asked, "Do I still get to see Dad?" Or maybe they just stared at the floor. Either way, days

Separated Parents: How to Manage School Holidays Smoothly

Why School Holidays Can Be a Minefield for Separated Families If you're a parent navigating shared custody, you already know that school holidays—those moments we wish were filled with fun and family—often come with extra doses of stress. Between coordinating logistics, communicating with your co-parent, and

Back-to-School After Divorce: How to Keep Everything Organized and Support Your Child

When the Bell Rings After a Breakup For many parents, the back-to-school season is a time of long shopping lists, calendar juggling, and last-minute pencil hunts. But if you’ve recently gone through a separation or divorce, that same season may also bring a weight you didn’t expect—a

How to Prevent Your Child from Taking Sides Between Parents

When Love Feels Like a Tug-of-War When a family changes—whether through separation, divorce, or simply shifting routines—children can find themselves in emotional territory far too complex for their years. If you're reading this, you're probably already navigating long days, splitting school schedules across two

How to Reassure Your Child That They're Loved After a Divorce

When Everything Changes, What Stays the Same? You're exhausted. Emotionally stretched dealing with lawyers, logistics, and your own feelings—and yet, your biggest worry is still your child. You see it in their eyes, in the way they hesitate when packing their backpack for the other parent'

My Child Can’t Sleep Since Our Separation: What Can I Do?

When Nights Become Harder After a Separation You’ve finally tucked them into bed. You kiss their forehead, pull the blanket up around their shoulders, whisper “I love you” and start to close the door. Then comes the whisper: “Mom… can you stay with me a little longer?” Or maybe

How to Manage Homework Across Two Homes After Divorce

When Two Homes Mean Twice the Planning If you're a divorced or separated parent, you're probably familiar with the emotional juggling that comes with co-parenting. But once schoolwork enters the picture, the complexity deepens. Your child isn’t just carrying their backpack between two homes — they’

How to Support Your Child's Emotional Health During a Divorce

When Everything Changes, Feelings Run Deep You’re doing your best—juggling paperwork, emotions, the logistics of new living arrangements, and somehow still managing homework time and lunchboxes. But as you're settling into this new chapter after divorce, you notice something beyond the obvious: your child seems different.

How to Set Consistent Rules Across Two Homes After Separation

The Challenge of Two Homes, One Childhood You're navigating two households, two routines, different expectations—but one child. It’s a daily tightrope walk, trying to ensure your child feels secure and grounded between two different homes. Maybe bedtime is earlier at yours, but looser at their dad’

How to Help Your Child Not Feel Guilty About Your Separation

When love shifts, but parenting remains Few things change a child’s life as profoundly as the separation of their parents. Even when the split is amicable and necessary, children between the ages of 6 and 12 often struggle to make sense of it all—with guilt unfortunately being one

My Child Refuses to Visit Their Dad: What Can I Do as a Divorced Mom?

When a Weekend Exchange Becomes a Source of Tears It's Friday afternoon. Your daughter is clutching her backpack, eyes wide and tearful. "I don’t want to go to Dad’s," she whispers. Your heart tightens. You know the custody schedule. You've packed her

How to Maintain Strong Parent Communication After Divorce

Why Communication Between Divorced Parents Matters More Than Ever Divorce is rarely easy, especially when children are involved. Between managing schedules, schoolwork, and emotional transitions, it's easy for communication between parents to fall apart. But children, particularly between the ages of 6 and 12, need to feel that

Helping Your Child Stay Focused in School During and After Divorce

When Life Changes at Home, Focus Becomes a Fight Divorce is never simple. As a parent, you're navigating paperwork, emotions, custody calendars, perhaps even new living arrangements—all while trying to keep your child’s world as stable as possible. And school? It doesn’t pause for any

My Child Is Struggling With Our Separation: What Can I Do to Help?

When Your Child Carries the Weight of Your Separation When a couple separates, it’s often said that children are resilient—able to bounce back quickly, adapt to new routines, and keep moving forward. But as any parent who’s watched their child cry at bedtime or slip in school

How to Manage Schoolwork as Divorced Parents Without Draining Your Child

When Two Houses Equals Twice the Stress “He forgot his math notebook again.” Sarah sighed into the phone. Her ex-husband, Mark, was on the other end, saying the same thing he always did: “He didn’t tell me he needed it.” When you’re co-parenting after a divorce, even small

How to Support Your Child's Well-Being After Divorce

The invisible weight children carry Divorce may be a decision between two adults—but for children, it's often a rupture in the fabric of their world. Whether it’s your 7-year-old asking if they did something wrong, or your 10-year-old retreating into silence, the emotional impact of parental

How to Bring Stability to Your Child in a Shared Custody Arrangement

When Two Homes Become One Life Shared custody can feel like trying to glue together two different worlds—and as a parent, your greatest concern is often not yourself, but your child. You see the missed homework assignments, the bedtime meltdowns after transitions, the forgotten schoolbooks at the other house.

What Words Should You Use to Explain Your Divorce to Your 9-Year-Old Son?

Why the Words We Choose Matter Deeply You’re probably sitting at the kitchen table late at night, long after your child has gone to bed, turning sentences over in your mind. How do I explain our divorce without shattering his sense of safety? How honest should I be? What

How to Comfort Your Child After a Divorce and Help Them Feel Safe Again

When the world shifts: parenting through divorce Divorce changes a child’s world in ways adults sometimes forget to see. What was once predictable—dinner at the same table, morning routines, hugs at bedtime—can suddenly become split between homes, disjointed, or tense. And as a parent, you're

How to Talk to Your 7-Year-Old About Divorce Without Breaking Their World

Why the Conversation Matters More Than You Think You’ve been holding it together as best you can—navigating work, bills, dinners, bedtime stories. And now, there’s something bigger looming: telling your child that you and your partner are separating. Your 7-year-old may still seem so little, but they’

How to Help Your Child Through a Parental Separation

The invisible weight children carry Divorce or separation is never easy. As adults, we wrestle with guilt, grief, exhaustion, and uncertainty. But our children—especially between the ages of 6 and 12—grapple with something even more confusing: the collapse of the only emotional ecosystem they’ve ever known. They

How to Make School More Fun for Your Child When You’re Parenting Alone

You Don’t Have to Carry This Alone When you come home after a full day of work, only to face a tired, resistant child and a pile of unfinished homework, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. You try to stay calm, encourage them, sit down at the table—and

Learning & Single Parenting: How to Do Your Best When It Feels Like Too Much

The Invisible Load of Solo Parenting and School Support If you're reading this with a half-cold cup of coffee beside you and a cluttered dining table that's doubled as a homework station for months, know this: you're not alone. Parenting solo while trying to