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4 tips to help your children thrive after your divorce
4 tips to help your children thrive after your divorce

4 tips to help your children thrive after your divorce

On Behalf of | Jan 9, 2019 | Firm News |

Filing for divorce from your spouse can have a big impact on your children. It is imperative that you find ways to help them remain positive and see that they can still have a good life despite the monumental change.

In order to help your children, you need to take a step back and determine what is best for them. You can’t think about how things are going to impact you or what happened in the past. You might find that you have to employ various methods to help your children.

Set new traditions

The traditions you set can give your children something positive to look forward to. This might be something as simple as having a Friday evening dinner together or starting off every Monday with a quick breakfast. You might also incorporate more complex traditions into the new way of life. These might be annual vacations or big holiday celebrations.

Make the most of your time

Parenting when you don’t have your children with you as much as you did before can be challenging. Take the time to find ways that you can enjoy their company when you have them. Visiting places, such as going to movies and museums, might be fun. However, simple nights at home to watch a favorite show and eat popcorn can be just a memorable.

Encourage communication

Encourage your children to communicate with family members on both sides of the family. Just because you divorced their other parent doesn’t mean that the kids shouldn’t have relationships with that side. Keeping the lines of communication open lets the children know that you are encouraging them to continue building relationships with their cousins and other extended family.

Work with your ex

One part of the adjustment is finding ways that you and your ex can help the children to thrive. When coming up with plans, rules and other guidelines to make the co-parenting work, keep the children’s needs as the priority. Things like schedule changes to accommodate your ex’s work can mean that you might have to make some adjustments but that your children can spend time with their other parent instead of being with a babysitter during your ex’s time.

It is imperative that the basic rules of the custody arrangement are covered in the parenting plan. As your children mature, you might have to make changes.

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