Overnight, Marjorie went from being a stay-at-home mom to her two daughters to being the non-custodial parent with very limited access to her youngest daughter. Her eldest daughter was from a previous relationship and her husband had tried to persuade Marjorie that since she had a child, he should be able to raise their youngest…
Tag Archive: parenting time
Not the primary parent anymore
My current guest is Carlos Phillips, author of Healed Without Scars and founder of the Healed Without Scars Ministries. Carlos was married for seven years when his marriage ended. He’s father to two boys who were just six and two at the time. For the past nine years or so under their parenting plan, he’s…
Adjusting to life as a single parent
For some people, divorce is the culmination of a slow, gradual move apart and they will tell you that divorce didn’t have a huge impact on their daily life. For others, divorce is a dramatic, sudden change creating a seismic shift in daily life. Being a single parent, with full custody of a very young…
Negotiating parenting time
After our little Thanksgiving break, I’d like to pick up Julia’s story again. You’ll recall that Julia had been married for seven years when her husband said he wanted a divorce. He changed his mind a few months later but by then Julia had come to realize that life as a single parent would be…
Staying out of court key to parenting plan
My current series is about LA Single Mama who has been divorced now for six years. She and her ex have a son who is now seven. LA Single Mama was committed from the beginning to acting in her son’s best interests. I think that’s much easier said than done especially at first when emotions…
