The Impact of Divorce on Your Children: Different Ages Are Affected in Distinct Ways
Divorce isn’t a “one size fits all” life event, especially for any children involved.
Because every person handles stress in a different way, the impact of divorce is both unique and long-lasting for adults and children alike.
It’s a common misconception that children under the age of five don’t feel the impact of divorce. This notion couldn’t be further from the truth. From infancy clear into young adulthood, divorce can cause a great upheaval in children’s lives.
Yet, while it disturbs them all, the turmoil affect varying ages in distinct ways.
What are the differences? Let’s consider four general age groups.
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Out With the Old, In With the New – When Is It Really Considered a Rebound?
Revenge and having a rebound often walk hand in hand.
Ending the journey of a relationship can be very difficult, to say the least. So, some of us resort to other means of soothing the pain—like jumping into a temporary relationship for a reprieve.
But is it just temporary or could it be more?
And how do you really know if your new relationship is simply moving on or if it’s just a rebound?
Here’s how.
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Feel Like Your World Is Closing in on You? – 5 Powerful Tips to Stop an Anxiety Attack
The pounding in your chest, shallow breathing, racing heartbeat—it all happens so quickly.
Before you know it, you’re facing a full-blown anxiety attack.
But, what if you could stop an anxiety attack before it ever happened?
The good news is that there are proven methods to actually stop an anxiety attack in its tracks.
One of the biggest keys to managing anxiety is understanding what it actually does to your body. Understanding this is like gaining an inside peek at your enemies battle plans.
Here are five helpful ways to use that insight to combat anxiety.
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Creating a Family Legacy: How Shared Values Deepen Family Bonds
Without even knowing it, parents pass on a family legacy to their children—good or bad.
It’s part of the human heritage and part of belonging to a family.
One fundamental aspect of creating a family legacy is that it has a unique way of drawing the family unit together. Not only does it strengthen the bonds between each family member, but it also gives children a foundation on which to build their own lives. And in turn, create a legacy for their own family.
How exactly is this accomplished?
Through shared values.
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Good Parenting: 7 Tips for Promoting a Healthy Parent-Child Relationship
Nothing is more unique than a parent-child relationship.
In fact, it’s one of the most influential relationships in our lives.
So as parents, how do you make it the best experience possible for both you and your children?
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Creating Peace: 3 Conflict Regulating and Stress Management Strategies
In every relationship, whether personal or professional, two main goals should exist:
- Manage the conflict
- Maintain the connection
Granted, both are easier said than done, but you can accomplish them successfully with the right stress management strategies.
After all, stress is often the culprit when it comes to creating problems. So, when you understand how to manage the stress in your life, you tend to experience more peace and less conflict.
Stress management isn’t complicated. Rather, it has a lot to do with where you focus.
So, how do you implement stress management strategies in your own life?
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Transition to Parenthood: How the Arrival of a Baby Affects Your Relationship
From best friends to lovers to mom and dad, the transition to parenthood is a journey filled with excitement.
Along the way, there are bound to be some changes between you and your partner.
So, what can you expect from your relationship as the two of you transition to parenthood?
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How to Transition from Living Separately to Living with The One You Love (Without Conflict or Losing Your Excitement For Each Other)
Living separately will soon be a thing of your past. You’re taking the leap. You and your partner are going to move in together.
You’re probably both excited and nervous about your new venture, right?
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Unique Wedding Ideas That Don’t Break the Bank
Unique wedding ideas aren’t hard to come by in this DIY era with Pinterest leading the way.
What IS hard to come by are unique wedding ideas that won’t break the bank.
You’ll be happy to know that I’ve rounded up a few inexpensive ideas for your special day.
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Are You Planning a Wedding or a Marriage?
Planning a wedding can take a lot of your time and energy.
Sometimes it’s easy to get caught up in the hustle of bustle of it all and forget that you’re also preparing for a marriage.
Aside from the flowers and guests, you and your fiancé are getting ready to spend the rest of your lives figuring marriage out together. While “forever” is indeed a very long time to figure out this whole marriage thing, wouldn’t it be nice if the two of you had a jumpstart? Lucky for you there is such a thing — premarital counseling.
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How Parents and Children Can Effectively Deal with Bullies
Have you had to deal with bullies at some point in your life?
While most of us have experienced some type of bullying, it’s definitely not a pain we would want our own children to endure.
The reality is that bullying has become a widespread problem. It affects both genders and children of all ages. While there are many positive anti-bullying programs currently at work, how to deal with bullies begins at home.
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Everyone Has Advice About Babies! — Separate the Myths from the Facts
Everyone has an opinion. And they just love to give advice. Not just any advice. We’re talking about unsolicited and often questionable advice. This goes double in the social media age. And triple when it comes to advice about babies.
How do you separate the myths from the facts?
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New Love or On the Rebound? What Are the Signs You’re Ready to Try Again?
After your last serious love relationship, did you jump on the rebound train for a while?
Lately, though, you’ve been feeling a little dissatisfied and have begun to miss the embrace of a serious relationship.
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An Accidental Affair: Can It Really Happen? If So, How?
The word “accidental” denotes things that happen unexpectedly, actions that were not planned.
Can this expression rightly be applied to an affair?
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Dating Online –- Are You Being Lazy or Smart?
Dating online has become increasingly popular over the past few years.
While still a fairly new idea, it’s not taken much time to attract a lot of attention. It used to market only to a certain stereotype, but now online dating targets anyone with an email address.
For good reason, too.
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Is Your Child with ADHD Heading for College? Take These Steps to Help Them Succeed
College can be a memorable time for both parents and children. You might be caught between feeling proud and anxious about sending your child with ADHD to college. Your child, on the other hand, might be overflowing with excitement at this new and independent experience.
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What Can You Do When Different Parenting Styles are Putting a Strain on Your Marriage?
Marriage by itself can prove to be a challenge. Outside stressors like jobs, social obligations, and finances can add difficulty to the relationship. Sources of stress from inside the marriage can also put a significant strain on it. For example, having different parenting styles can be extremely taxing on partners.
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Four Generations–One House: 7 Tips to Care For and Cope with Each Other
Now is a unique time to be alive. With six living generations, the world is rich with an array of social culture. Furthermore, the term “full house” may have new meaning to many families.
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“Please Put the Oxygen Mask on Yourself before Your Child” — The Importance of Self-Care for Parents
Self-sacrifice is a familiar term when speaking about parenthood. Not only is it considered to be good parenting, but to sacrifice your own well-being for your child’s is deemed noble. As far as it may be from the daily truth, putting an oxygen mask on yourself before your child should be the standard. Most people ignore this advice, however, and attempt to put the oxygen mask on their child first.
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Three’s a Crowd: How to Get Your Child to Sleep in Their Own Bed
Co-sleeping comes with many benefits for both parent and child. It does have its pitfalls, though. Let’s face it, three’s a crowd!
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