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 … Read More »
Jeanne's Column
Read installments from Jeanne's recently published book You'r It. Jeanne has collected years of insight into children's ideas about divorce through groups she led within the public school system.
Chapter Three: Sunday, Sunday – Parenting After Divorce – Part Three
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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 … Read More »
Chapter Three: Sunday, Sunday – Parenting After Divorce – Part Two
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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. … Read More »
Chapter Three: Sunday, Sunday – Parenting After Divorce – Part One
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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, … Read More »
Chapter Two: The Man That I Married – Letting Go and Moving On – Part Four
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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 … Read More »
Chapter Two: The Man That I Married – Letting Go and Moving On – Part Three
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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 … Read More »
Chapter Two: The Man That I Married – Letting Go and Moving On – Part Two
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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 … Read More »
Chapter Two: The Man That I Married – Letting Go and Moving On – Part One
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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 … Read More »
Chapter One: Will the Real Adult Please Stand Up? – Part Two
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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 … Read More »
Chapter One: Will the Real Adult Please Stand Up? – Part One
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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 … Read More »
You’re It! Successful Single Mothering after Divorce
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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 … Read More »
About The Author:
Jeanne L. Ward has collected years of insight into children's ideas about divorce through groups she led within the public school system. In addition, she has served in varied professional careers from teaching and counseling to local government and child advocacy. She raised two daughters as a single mother and now lives with her husband, Charlie, in Jacksonville, Florida.
