Recent Blog Posts
Back to School: Shared Parenting Plan Challenges
{3:18 minutes to read} As summer draws to a close, many parents are eager for their children to start school. While the largely unstructured summer schedule may be welcomed at first, it can be challenging for parents, especially those who work outside of their homes, to fill all of those [...]
Separation of Church and Parenting Plans
{3:48 minutes to read} I was working with a couple recently that was having a great deal of difficulty agreeing on how to modify their existing parenting plan. It happens frequently with parents who have lived apart for an extended period of time: Their values change, and it creates problems [...]
Can’t We Disagree Without Being Disagreeable?
{3:24 minutes to read} Like most people, I was deeply saddened by the events that occurred in Orlando in June, when a madman killed 50 innocent people at a nightclub. Shortly after this tragedy, someone sent a letter to the editor of my local newspaper saying that anyone who does [...]
But What About the Children?
{3:36 minutes to read} One of the biggest concerns couples face when going through a separation or divorce is how it will impact their children. This concern can result in people staying in an unhappy marriage—sometimes for years. Working with couples in divorce mediation, I have observed that the decision [...]