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Strangely, our youngest daughter has no memory of us married and keeps "inviting me to Dad's house" to see her room. Our older children have been told that relationships change... Read more...

I don't play games or make her feel guilty. If I wanted to do something with her, her dad and I would COMMUNICATE!! We want her to look back and remember that she saw her mom and dad as much as she wanted. Read more...

After a few years of this I took a step back and asked myself what I could do to change the situation. The only answer was to change my attitude about the situation. I began to change, and he and the children changed as well. Read more...

When I would cry, the 6 year old would try to comfort me. Assuming too much inappropriate care giving to her parent, I believe she lost part of the childhood that was rightfully hers. Read more...

We advise anyone we know who is going through a divorce to try to work for the best possible scenario for their kids. I have heard many people say that they would do anything for their kids--this is without a doubt one of the most far reaching ways to prove it. Read more...

His filing for divorce and immediately bringing our children into his "new" relationship was the most difficult thing I have ever had to live through. There were times when I didn't think I was going to make it. Read more...

Coming back from the men's retreat weekend, I told my wife that I was getting married, and then pulled out my wedding ring, put it on and said to her, “If you'll have me back.” Read more...

I also kept in touch with my mother-in-law and my ex's brothers and sisters. I was not going to let my children be excluded from their family. (I have often said I divorced my ex, not his family.) Read more...

My parents have been divorced for 18 years, yet hardly a day goes by that the divorce still doesn't impact my life in some way. My children are also impacted. Read more...

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