Navigating Your Child’s First Christmas After Divorce: Tips for Emotional Support

December 17, 2024 Leave a Comment

By Cathy Meyer The first Christmas after a divorce can be an emotional rollercoaster for children. It’s a time typically filled with family traditions and comforting routines, but this year, those traditions might feel different—or even broken. As a parent, your heart aches to shield your child from the sadness and uncertainty this season may […]

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What Kids Want Most

January 5, 2014 Leave a Comment

Written by Beverly Willett I’m willing to bet the house that no child who sat on Santa’s knee this past Christmas wished for mommy and daddy to split up and live in separate houses. And I don’t need a scientific survey to back that up. It’s not complicated, folks. Unless family life is literally a […]

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