Kids' Wellness Archives

POSTED Dec 2017

Moving Forward Together: Healthy Habits for Your Children In Two Households

When parents divorce, Connecticut law presumes that joint custody is in the child’s best interest – if both spouses agree to it. While this allows your kids to have both parents care...

POSTED Sep 2017

5 Parenting Back to School Tips After Your Separation or Divorce

The back-to-school season often comes with a mixed feeling of nerves and excitement. When a recent separation or divorce is in the picture, a range of stronger emotions can often join the fray—for both...

POSTED Jul 2017

4 Tips for Effective Co-Parenting This Summer

For your kids, summertime means no school and plenty of time for fun activities. Between trips to the local pool, summer camp, and vacation time with their parents, they’re always...

POSTED Jun 2017

How to Talk to Your Kids About Divorce: The Fine Line Between Honesty and Oversharing

How Much Should You Tell Your Kids About the Divorce? Don’t Place Blame on Your Spouse Strike a Balance General Tips for Talking About Divorce to Kids of Different Ages...

POSTED Jun 2017

Summer Vacation for Divorced Parents: Legal Steps to Take Before You Travel

With summer vacation time just around the corner, you may be preoccupied with suntans and ocean views—but have you thought about your legal responsibilities? While it’s certainly not the most...

POSTED Mar 2017

How Can a Collaborative Divorce Benefit Your Children?

When you divorce the other parent of your children, does your relationship disappear, or does it become redefined? In reality, the choice is yours. You don’t have to be best...

POSTED Feb 2017

What Divorced Parents Need to Know About the UCCJEA

Every year, parental separation and divorce affects over one million children in the U.S.. Because today’s society is a lot more mobile than preceding generations, it is not unusual for...

POSTED Nov 2016

How to Help Your Children (and Yourself!) Deal with Divorce and the Holidays

The holidays can create mixed feelings for many people, especially children still coming to terms with their parents’ divorce. For divorcing parents, the stress of the first “new normal” holidays...

POSTED Oct 2016

Divorce and Your Kids: 6 Tips to Help Minimize Their Stress

When parents initially approach the subject of divorce with one another, one of their first concerns is normally how the children will take it. Fortunately, children are far more resilient...

POSTED Sep 2016

Be the Best Divorced Parents You Can Be: 8 Tips for Effective Co-Parenting

An amicable co-parenting arrangement with your ex is not always easy, but when successfully carried out it can give your children stability and a sense of being close to both...

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