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Divorced With Children

How you and your children can thrive after divorce.

Child Development
Two Homes, One Childhood

Robert E. Emery Ph.D. on July 26, 2016

I want children to have a childhood, despite their parents’ divorce. How? Their parents can act like parents, not litigants, spurned lovers, or bitter exes.

I want children to have a childhood, despite their parents’ divorce. How? Their parents can act like parents, not litigants, spurned lovers, or bitter exes.

Anger
Parents to Judge: Jewish or Catholic?

Robert E. Emery Ph.D. on March 4, 2010

Joseph Reyes and Rebecca Shapiro are divorced parents with a 3-year-old daughter. Mom is Jewish. Dad is Catholic. And therein lies the making of a dispute, a dispute that has become very public.

Joseph Reyes and Rebecca Shapiro are divorced parents with a 3-year-old daughter. Mom is Jewish. Dad is Catholic. And therein lies the making of a dispute, a dispute that has become very public.

Divorce
Children Caught in the Middle

Robert E. Emery Ph.D. on January 21, 2009

Here's a letter that arrived together with the usual holiday mail: I am in the 8th grade. My English class is writing an essay on a topic that is important to us. I chose to do the effects divorce has on a teen. As I was on Google I saw your article on the same topic and it helped me a lot. I was wondering if you could take some time and send me some more information on that topic.

Here's a letter that arrived together with the usual holiday mail: I am in the 8th grade. My English class is writing an essay on a topic that is important to us. I chose to do the effects divorce has on a teen. As I was on Google I saw your article on the same topic and it helped me a lot. I was wondering if you could take some time and send me some more information on that topic.

Divorce
Managing Divorce and Children During the Holidays

Robert E. Emery Ph.D. on December 16, 2008

Most divorced parents will do better at co-parenting if they treat each other like business partners. Here are 10 things to keep in mind when negotiating holiday time with the kids.

Most divorced parents will do better at co-parenting if they treat each other like business partners. Here are 10 things to keep in mind when negotiating holiday time with the kids.