Step Parenting And The Problems Of Sharing Authority

Article by Donald Saunders Step parenting brings its own special problems as the new step parent is often caught in the middle between the biological parent and the children. Just how much of a problem you will encounter depends upon a whole variety of factors, not the least of which will be the degree of co-operation you receive from the biological parent and the ages of the children involved. The secret to successful step parenting lies first in clearly establishing your role with the biological parent because you will certainly have an uphill struggle if the two of you are [...]

Successful Shared Parenting

Article by James Gunaseelan A marriage may not work out for a number of reasons and sometimes divorce is inevitable. This is unfortunate, particularly if there are children, and efforts should be made to reduce the trauma they undergo. Shared parenting is the most practical answer, whereby parents get joint custody of the children. Both parents are then substantially involved in parenting the children in every way. In this way, one parent does not have to shoulder most of the responsibilities, while the other becomes the fun parent. Shared parenting means children spend up to half their time with each [...]

Balancing Parenting Duties When One Parent Stays at Home

Article by Stephanie Foster One of the hardest things about parenting is agreeing on how to be parents. You and your spouse have to agree to a reasonable degree on many issues, most especially discipline. Without such agreement life can be very confusing and inconsistent for the children. This can be accented when one parent stays at home. That parent is with the children far more than the one working outside the home, and the impact of inconsistencies can be huge. But you also need to agree on the duties each parent has. You do not want one parent to [...]

Top 10 Things to Consider when one parent is poorly or needs care

Article by Kate Faulkner Top 10 Things to Consider when one parent is poorly or needs care 1. How ‘attached’ to the area are your parents? Are all their friends there? Do they have hobbies such as bowling/theatre nearby that they would miss if moved? 2. How adaptable is the home they are in? Does a downstairs bedroom/bathroom facility exist or can it be created?3. Is it possible or practical to have care at home in the short or long term? How much would this cost? 4. Are there people nearby that can help in an emergency? 5. If one [...]

The moving story of one parent’s love and struggle – and how you can help

Article by The Smith Family Now more than ever, families in Australia are struggling to make ends meet, and young children are doing a large portion of the struggling. In Victoria, a father of four loses his job one April without warning. His marriage falls apart and he’s left to raise his four children, two girls aged 19 and 15, two boys aged 12 and 6, on his own. It was hard, but he did his best, making some difficult sacrifices. “It got to a point where the rent was due but I had to skip paying it so my [...]

Divorce and the – childrenHow to Guide Your Children through Marital Separation, From One Parent to Another

Choosing to divorce your spouse is never easy. The laws of Divorce in Canada are a harsh reality. When you factor in the divorce effects on children, things get even more complicated. It’s as if divorce and the children don’t go together. We created The NEXT Program to help people divorcing with children learn to deal powerfully with the many challenges they will face and to help them avoid the typical pitfalls that come with divorce. If you are facing a marital separation, there are several simple things that (while not necessarily easy) you can do to reduce the divorce [...]

Life After Divorce: The One Parent Family

Article by James Walsh Poverty – The Greatest Threat The greatest monster that one parent families have to face is poverty. Most find it difficult to afford a house, and live in rented apartments. Central heating is another major hurdle. National surveys done in 2005 released the shameful fact that 6.38 million children were living in poverty. Though the government pledged that it would eradicate poverty by 2010, the figures have only risen since then. To make matters worse, most of the lone mothers are bereft of pension. If the child is too young, the woman is constrained to stay [...]

Impact Of Single Parenting On A Kid

Article by Bulan Versluis In lately’s generation, people are more liberated. And on account of that, a large number of issues are occurring nowadays that was once never heard of before. Say for example, the idea that of being a single parent. Unmarried oldsters are scattered all over the place the world, so we will’t say that it’s as a result of tradition or financial status. Wealthy or bad, a large number of unmarried folks are out there. So is being a single parent bad? A few could say that they would favor to be an unmarried parent. Some may [...]

Making the Tough Budget Cuts When One Parent Stays at Home

Article by Stephanie Foster There are a lot of adjustments to make when you get married. Getting used to each other’s habits, expectations, dreams… it can be a lot of work. But the one that typically causes the most arguments is money. Managing your finances is not easy even when you’re the only person you need to worry about. Figuring out how to cope with sharing is not easy. And if one person is a stay at home parent, there can be resentment over the income disparity as well as concerns about bringing enough money in. Being a stay at [...]

Child Support – Can Visitation Be Withheld If One Parent Doesn’t Pay it?

Article by E Brooks Of all the threats one parent can make against another parent, the threat of keeping your child from you is likely the most painful. Angry parents will look for reasons to withhold visitation, but what do the courts say about it? The courts primary responsibility is to protect the best interest of the child. This means that regardless of child support covered medical expenses, daycare, alimony or any other financially binding items that one parent may owe another parent; this lack of payment cannot be used to keep the child from spending time with the other [...]

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