The poll about does age matter is my first poll – I was excited to get the widget working and I’m even more excited to see that readers are participating. So far, the response is overwhelming that knowing how old the storyteller was at the time of her divorce is important. Point taken! Bearing that…
Tag Archive: co-parenting
Figuring out different parenting styles after divorce
Kathleen and her ex are committed to co-parenting together and I think one of the challenges of co-parenting is how you deal with your ex’s rules when they’re different from yours. Should you try to get him to change and follow your rules or should you work at getting your child to accept there are…
The hidden benefit of a collaborative divorce
Continuing in this series about Kathleen Christensen’s divorce, she talked previously about the collaborative divorce she and her ex negotiated. Looking back she says that process had a benefit that she didn’t recognize at the time. Here’s what she told me. *** We were really building the relationship for the future. We were building a…
The miracle behind a good coparenting relationship
This post begins a series about Kathleen Christensen and the amazing relationship she and her ex have post-divorce. They were married for about nine years and have now been apart for about three years. They have a daughter who was seven when they separated. Kathleen and her ex have come a long way and it’s…
Seeing your ex blossom after divorce
When T and I chatted, she was midway through her three hour drive to visit her beau, Rascal and me-time is one positive of a good co-parenting relationship with your ex. Without me-time, developing a new relationship would be very difficult. T said she was pleasantly surprised by her relationship with her ex. *** There’s…
