In this week’s Google Hangout we are discussing the emotional subject of parents getting a divorce. Together with Beckie Whitehouse of Be Confident Coaching, we look at the practical process to help your kids through divorce.
Whilst we fully recognise that divorce will never be simple and there are many things to worry about, we focus on the practical aspects of divorce and how to help you keep things stable for your children.
In our discussion we include:
- trying to keep normal routines
- involving both parents in activities
- explaining to the children about the practicalities
- arranging split time with each parent
- helping your child if access to one parent is more limited
Think of our videos as short and digestible nuggets of wisdom from one mum to another. We hope this video can assist you to help your kids through divorce and would love your feedback in the comments section.
Divorce is never an easy subject to discuss but there is a lot of information on the internet that can help you through it. These posts from our site also discuss the topic:
- Our preparing kids for separation or divorce post has useful and practical information
- Help ease your kids stress and worries with our free worry tree printable
- Focus on your kids health with our complete list of resources
Read through these posts to find more information to help you through this difficult time:
- Life at the Zoo has a good article on divorce
- Sometimes it’s easier to help our kids through books. Check out this list of books on divorce.
- Confessions on Parenting has a section of posts dedicated to the topic of divorce
Have you recently been through a divorce? How did your children handle it? Do you have any advice to help other parents?
Thank you so much for stopping by and we hope to have you around for the next post and our next video.
Helen
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Helen
Helen is a mum to two, social media consultant, and website editor; and this site is (we think) the only Social Enterprise parenting magazine! Since giving up being a business analyst when juggling travel, work and kids proved too complicated, she founded KiddyCharts so she could be with her kids, and use those grey cells at the same time. KiddyCharts has reach of over 1.1million across social and the site. The blog works with big family brands (including travel) to help promote their services, as well as offering free resources to parents of kids under 10. It gives 51%+ profits to Reverence for Life, who fund a number of important initiatives in Africa, including bringing running water and basic equipment to a school in Tanzania. Helen has worked as a digital marketing consultant (IDM qualified) with various organisations, including Channel Mum, Truprint, Talk to Mums, and Micro Scooters. She loves to be creative in the brand campaigns she works on. Get in touch TODAY!