Sentences with phrase «post-divorce lives of their children»

While there are fathers who do not maintain their connection and investment in their children's lives, as Prof. Weldon discusses, there are many fathers who wish for, and fight for, more time with their children, and fight to have an equal and active parenting role in the post-divorce lives of their children.

Not exact matches

In addition, when children witness high levels of long - term conflict between their parents, the exposure to that stress is often far worse for the kids than adjusting to life post-divorce.

Also, application of this principle in regard to post-divorce parenting means that a different standard is applied to children of divorce than to all other children in regard to removal of a parent from their lives... a form of discrimination based on parental status.

Again, the irony of your post-divorce life is that you want to have the best relationship possible with your child's other parent.

a) the children of the former family unit were denied their right to family life (which, for post-divorce children, equates to maintaining a frequent, regular and meaningful relationship with both of their parents)

Wallerstein: The quality of the child's relationship to a nurturing parent has been established to be among the best predictors of their thriving and their ability to recover from marital conflict or parental psychopathology (Furstenburg Cherlin 1991, Johnston and Kline) Furthermore, children's post-divorce adjustment is tied to the overall quality of life in the custodial home including the creation of a nurturing, protective milieu.

Although parents are cautioned not to involve their children in the actual formulation of a parenting plan, if the parents and children are in accord about post-divorce living arrangements, it's likely the court will approve it.

Many of my clients choose collaborative divorce as the means by which they dissolve their marriage and move into their post-divorce lives — especially if they have children together and want to maintain as positive a co-parenting relationship as possible once they are divorced.

Most importantly even though they are now living in two separate houses, a post-divorce family is still a family, one that has changed its configuration and established two secure bases, one maternal and one paternal, which then form the nuclei of the family for the children.

So many things could possibly happen in the life of your child post-divorce, so it is important to consider what could happen and plan ahead.

In actuality, the research strongly suggests that by not talking with children about the separation, children feel that they have little to no opportunity to ask questions, that their voices don't matter, that parents impose ideas of how life should look post-divorce on them without regard for their input.

A divorce lawyer can fully explain all the options available to you, recommend counselors, answer all of your questions, and address any concerns you may have about the divorce process, child custody and support, or any other aspect of your life post-divorce.

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