Keeping Johnny out of the Middle

By Susan F Schwartz, L.C.S.W. Avoid fighting when children are around Practice Anger Management Walk away when either party angry Do deep breathing and positive self-talk to calm down Allow partner to have the last word if necessary, just walk away! Recognize people are not thinking clearly when angry and are saying things they don’t  …

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Divorce, Remarriage, and Taxes

By Ron J. Anfuso, CPA, ABV, CDFA, DABFA The statistics are startling. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, more than half of the people who have been divorced remarry, although recent surveys have found that nearly 60% of these marriages break up as well. Without a doubt, these events can make tax paying…

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Telling the Children

By Steven Reiter Ph.D. and Paula Van Doren LCSW Under the best of circumstances divorce is a profound trauma for everyone involved. Telling the Children  is a moment that the child (unless they are very young) will remember for the rest of their lives.  WE have a very strong bias.  Our bias is that the…

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Advice From the Front Line

advice from adult children of divorced parents To Parents: Keep your differences away from the kids so they don’t have to listen to it, and don’t make them make choices or choose between each other and don’t screw with the kids’ minds. Don’t put the kids in the middle; don’t make kids the jury; don’t…

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