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Discussing an impending divorce with children is never an easy job for parents. There can be no one-fits-all approach but the advice here may come some way to helping.

Adult Children of Divorce, by Jeffrey Zimmerman and Elizabeth Thayer, explores the puzzling territory faced by children of divorce in their adult relationships.

Children of divorce may not enjoy the holidays very much due to feeling shuffled around, missing their other families, and feeling guilt over leaving one parent behind.

There are a wide variety of books for children that aim to explain the issue of divorce and help children to understand the feelings associated with family break-up.

Children of divorce face a hard time - and not just during the event. In the wake of their parents' failed marriage, it can be hard to open up & trust love relationships.

Adult kids of divorce (known as AKODs or ACODs) may be equally or more harmed by the loss of family stability and by parents' poor boundaries than are younger children.

It isn't easy for children in divorce situations. They often miss one parent when they are with the other. These tips will help your children connect with both parents.

Dating a man with small children represents a huge responsibility in a woman's life. However, dating someone with adult children poses its own obstacles.

There are many pitfalls to blending families with small children. Attempting to bring together families with adult children can be just as difficult.

Planning ahead, communication, and flexibility can make the holidays less stressful and more joyful for children and divorced parents. Traditions can also add to the joy.

Elisabeth Joy LaMotte's insightful guide to building better relationship patterns takes an unusually upbeat stance on the positive and negative impact of parental divorce

Divorce leads to many losses, but none is worse than the destruction of a parent/child relationship that is purposefully brought on by that child's other parent.

Lori Hilliard has done a beautiful job of writing a book for children that explains what it means when parents divorce and children have two homes.

The 1991 book by Noelle Fintushel and Nancy Hillard, Ph.D., still rings true when considering the experience of grown children whose parents are divorcing.

Introduce a child struggling with divorce to one of four fictional friends guaranteed to share the burden of a broken family and the hope to be found in a bad situation.

These suggestions for a divorced family Christmas will help give the gift of love and harmony. Christmas and divorce for kids can be peaceful, not painful.

The mediation process can go a long way to help to define the issues, and to ease the stress of separation and divorce for both the children and the parents over time.

Children whose parents are divorced often have nightmares, fears and blame themselves for the divorce. Here's how to help preschoolers aged 3 to 6 to manage the problems.

Parenting children of divorce is difficult. Infants can't talk, so how can a parent help a baby adjust to the new circumstances brought about by divorce?

Parenting children of divorce is difficult. Toddlers don't understand things like divorce, so how can a parent help a toddler deal with a new living situation?

Children often struggle with understanding divorce. These children's literature titles will help young children cope with family break ups.

Adult children have a hard time adjusting to a new stepmom or stepdad. Older married kids often resent new family member and shut out a step parent.

Children need their fathers for more than child support. Non-custodial fathers have to remain important parts of their children's lives.

The reality is that all children have to learn to deal with disappointment, but for children of divorced parents, canceled visits can be a source of trauma and stress.

Dating parents presents a unique set of challenges and rewards. Learn the rules in this guide to dating single men and women with children.

Divorce means to dissolve a marriage bond, to end a marriage. But it can also mean a curse placed upon children, an intergenerational curse upon grandchildren.

Your son or daughter is getting divorced. Your first or second thought has to do with those precious grandchildren. How to support them and maintain your relationship?

No matter what the outcome of a divorce, the children come first. A divorce collapses a child's known world of security.

Parental Alienation Syndrome, which can cause estrangement between parent and child and serious psychological damage to children, can be halted.

Children's authors give two very different stories on dealing with a family breakup - one lighthearted, the other mysterious.

Positive parenting during a divorce involves dealing with your own emotions, parenting cooperatively with your ex-spouse and taking time to support your children.

The divorce of their parents is among the most stressful events a child will ever have to cope with.

While some parents are relieved when their child splits with his or her mate, most react with disappointment and sadness. Wanting to help, they are unsure of their role.

Kids often get caught in the middle of a divorce and feel as if they might have done something to cause such a drastic measure. Usually that is not the case.

When it comes to fathers' rights, there might be benefits with joint custody of children. Is a child really better off with one parent having sole custody after divorce?

Young children cope with divorce differently than older children. Toddlers and preschoolers tell their story through changes in behavior.

Helping children of divorce feel safe and secure in a new neighborhood is key to their adjustment. A joint custody child can get used to two homes with the right help.

How to make a happy home for joint custody children? Predictability and routine are the keys to help kids adapt and feel happy, safe, and loved.

Fathers' rights are important, but a research study in Florida says that, more importantly, children need dads. And, some daughters need dads more than boys do.

Sneak a normally forbidden peek at someone else's mail and journal entries and get acquainted with Leigh Botts, a child struggling with his parents' divorce.

Marriage equality failed at the state level this week and succeeded at the local level. Besides these fights, activists are fighting for it on the online level.

After parents choose to file for a divorce, it is essential that they do all they can to help their children through the transition by being honest and open with them.

In his Newbery Honor Book Jack Gantos continues the entertaining tale of Joey Pigza, a boy afflicted with ADHD as he visits his estranged father for the summer.

Around the country nearly two million men raise their sons and daughters single handedly. These men are heroes on more than Father's Day.

Here are three cheap toys for girls that fit within divorced parents' budgets. Try inexpensive toys - Illustory, Karito Kids Travel Charmers and Fisher Price Pull Toy.

Disciplining is not easy while trying to parent through a divorce or separation. Parents need to understand the importance of setting rules and following through.

Dads need to learn to do the right thing with kids on weekends. Here are tips for making infrequent visitation work for Disneyland Dads and children of divorce.

Blended families mean a shift in birth order, new territorial squabbles, and family rules which might clash. Parents can help kids adapt to new sibling relationships.

Here are some issues concerning fathers' rights, custody, and mothers who want to move away. These are some things to ask an attorney about child custody and relocation.

Divorced parents raising kids in joint custody arrangements need information. Helping children adapt to two happy homes takes time, but it can work out.