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Cathy's Divorce Support Blog November 2007 Archive

By Cathy Meyer, About.com Guide to Divorce Support

Parental Alienation Syndrome

Friday November 30, 2007
Parental Alienation Syndrome is the deliberate attempt by one parent to distance his/her children from the other parent. The motivation is to destroy the parental bond between his/her children with ... Read More

Help Your Child Cope With Change

Thursday November 29, 2007
A major change like a divorce affects children in different ways than adults. By paying close attention to your child’s welfare, children can be taught to cope in healthier ways ... Read More

Myths Surrounding Children and Divorce

Wednesday November 28, 2007
In the early 1970’s, Judith Wallerstein, began to study the effects of divorce on children. She studied a group of 131 children and their families who were going through the ... Read More

Keep Divorce From Having Long Lasting Effects on Children

Tuesday November 27, 2007
I happen to believe that, although divorce takes place between the parents, it is the children who suffer the most. Even the best parent will make mistakes in how they ... Read More

How to Talk to Your Child About Divorce

Monday November 26, 2007
Children should be told as soon as the decision to divorce has been made. It is natural for parents to feel anxious and uncertain about how to tell the child/children. ... Read More

Learn to Manage Conflict With Your Ex-Spouse

Saturday November 24, 2007
Learning to manage conflict with your ex in a productive way is a sure fire safe guard against a complicated, nasty divorce and continued conflict after the divorce. Dealing with a ... Read More

Adversarial Divorce Attorneys

Friday November 23, 2007
Some divorce attorneys learn that the best way to protect their client is to fight for them and not in a way that promotes an end to conflict. Most divorce ... Read More

Dirty Divorce Tricks

Wednesday November 21, 2007
Divorce can be a dirty business when in the hands of lawyers who play power games to gain an unfair advantage over the other side. The same applies for angry, ... Read More

Coping During the Holidays

Saturday November 17, 2007
From: Suzy Brown The Thanksgiving and Christmas are centering points for families. What do you do with the holidays when dealing with divorce or broken relationships make you wonder, “how can ... Read More

Coping With Legal Divorce Issues

Friday November 16, 2007
During divorce, legal issues and emotional issue are entirely separate entities. Legal issues, no matter how stressful must be executed properly or the emotional stress will only be compounded. In ... Read More

How to Keep Anger From Causing Physical Illness

Thursday November 15, 2007
It is easy in the situation of divorce to find yourself filled with anger. Especially if you did not want a divorce and are feeling a lack of control over ... Read More

Emotional Stages of Divorce

Wednesday November 14, 2007
Everyone will react differently to divorce. There are common stages you will go through. Stages much like those we experience at the death of a loved one. Knowing what to ... Read More

Tips for Taking Care of Yourself During Divorce

Tuesday November 13, 2007
Divorce and the changes that follow cause stress both physically and emotionally. It is important to develop habits that will minimize the stress of divorce. You can come through a ... Read More

Unwritten Rule #3, Judges Don’t Enforce Court Orders

Friday November 9, 2007
From: Divorced From Justice “As thousands and thousands of women looking for child support enforcement have sadly learned, judicial orders are often nothing more than worthless pieces of paper because judges ... Read More

Unwritten Rule #2, Forced Divorce Settlement

Thursday November 8, 2007
From: Divorced From Justice “Some divorce lawyers are known to mislead clients into believing they will go to trial and then, at the last minute, force the client into settlements. This ... Read More

The Unwritten Rules of Divorce

Wednesday November 7, 2007
If you have been through divorce then you are familiar with the rules and procedures that govern the legal process. Divorce is a civil action, and every state has rules ... Read More

Divorce Without an Attorney

Monday November 5, 2007
Have you ever thought to yourself, "if I had known then, what I know now?" I'm sure we all have something...maybe many things we would do differently had "we only ... Read More

Save Money on Your Divorce

Thursday November 1, 2007
The joke goes like this. Find someone you don’t like, give him or her half your net worth. That way you save $10,000 in fees for a divorce lawyer. With ... Read More
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