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Child-Centered Solutions: How to Create Happy Endings Through Divorce and Beyond!

By Rosalind Sedacca

Rosalind Sedacca wins 2008 Victorious Woman Award

Child-Centered Solutions Books by Rosalind Sedacca

October 2008 - Bashing Your Ex is Bad News for Your Children
We all do it from time to time. Make a sarcastic comment about our ex, criticize something they did or didn’t do, gesture or grimace our faces when referring to our former spouse. When we do it in front of, near or within hearing distance of our children, we set ourselves up for a hornet’s nest of problems.

September 2008 - Children and Divorce: Avoiding the Mistakes of Others
Over the years there have been endless studies on the effects of divorce on parents and children. Some of the results are controversial. Others seem to be universally accepted as relevant and real. Here are a few of my perceptions from studies on children who experience divorce that I believe all of us, as parents, should take to heart.

August 2008 - How to Create Happy Endings Through Divorce and Beyond!
No two divorces are the same. Therefore there are no cookie-cutter answers to your questions nor is there one single path to divorce success. This column can not substitute for individual therapy or personal advice related to your particular issues. Rarely are solutions black and white because the complexities of inter-personal relationships are filled with shades of gray. When we step out of the perspective of right and wrong, good guys and bad guys, we are much more likely to find real workable resolutions for real families.

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