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Read installments from Jeanne's recently published book You're It. Jeanne has collected years of insight into children's ideas about divorce through groups she led within the public school system.
You've just become a single mother. There are tons of thoughts running through your head including self-pity, reluctance, and maybe even unresolved feelings about your ex-husband. Allow yourself a few days of pity and large amounts of chocolate and … Read More »
Kevin had developed a sophisticated way of dealing with his parents divorce, but the experiences of Adam and the other children in the group were more common. Adam, age 8, joined the fray and added a new dimension to this already fascinating … Read More »
One of the most revealing and thought provoking sessions with the children’s group started with 7 year-old Amy telling everyone that she was always forgetting things as she went from her father’s house on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday to her … Read More »
Now that you have developed your strategy and you are ready to move forward as the mother-in-charge, it is time to return to a crucial concept introduced early in this chapter: the only person’s parenting you can control is your own. You cannot … Read More »
The easiest way to map out your parenting strategies is to think seriously about the values that you want your child to have as an adult and then create an environment that reinforces these values. Create a few rules that are consistent with those … Read More »
When people are trying to describe the depths of their feelings for their children, trying to impress you with how much they love them, they frequently say how they would, without a second thought, throw themselves in front of a train to save them. … Read More »
Divorce can change a lot of things about your life - your economic status, where you live, the number of presents under the Christmas tree. But, it cannot ― I repeat, cannot - change you into a bitter person, unless you let it. Bitterness doesn’t … Read More »
I recently came across a picture taken about a year before my divorce. It is at my daughter’s fourth birthday party; smiling children, me cutting the cake and my husband to the side – removed and distant. How did I not see it at the time? He was … Read More »
As we discussed in the first chapter ― under the Rose Garden Syndrome ― some of us believe that we deserve to have it all work out like Cinderella. Let’s think about this: all we know about the prince in Cinderella is that he was good looking … Read More »
There is a part of the wedding ceremony where the minister, asks the congregation, “If anyone knows why this couple should not be joined in holy matrimony, let them speak now or forever hold their peace.” At my first wedding no one jumped to … Read More »
The Popularity Contest Syndrome No young girl growing up in America is untouched be the September rituals of Miss America. If you could not be Miss America, the next best thing to be was Miss Congeniality: the one everyone likes. Now, give this … Read More »
We all know a single mother like this. She and her children are "buddies". They dress alike, share adventures and giggles about their dates and live like roommates with everyone having an opinion and no one making a decision. This is about how to … Read More »
Of course there are no rules set in stone that will lay our path for dating after divorce since this is completely a matter of personal choice. However, there are certain tips that will come in handy and help you assess if you are on the right path. … Read More »
Alpha Kappa Alpha Educational Advancement Foundation, Inc. (AKAEAF) scholarships are for students demonstrating exceptional academic achievements. Applicant must have completed a minimum of one year in a degree-granting institution and be … Read More »
