by Dr. Jann Blackstone | May 18, 2022 | Ask the Expert, Dr. Jann Blackstone, Stepparents
Dear Dr. Jann, I’m really having a problem dealing with my husband’s co-parent. I know it’s crazy, but I can’t get past the fact that she was once important to my man. She drops off the kids—they stay with us every other weekend and Thursdays after school–and she...
by Hon. Sherrill A. Ellsworth (retired) | May 19, 2020 | Ask the Expert, Blended Families, Co-parenting, Sherrill Ellsworth, Stepparents
The title of ‘Step Mom’ can be such an unenviable one. One minute you are cool, the next you are unfriended or simply disregarded. You may be branded as the questionable adult in the room with little to no parental power. Did you break up the marriage? Are you trying...
by Bill Eddy LCSW Esq | Feb 18, 2020 | Ask the Expert, Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq, Dealing with Conflict
Since they lack self-awareness, high conflict personalities (HCP) make no effort to change their own behavior when things go badly. They view complex problems and relationships as all another person’s responsibility and don’t see their own part in causing the problem...
by David Chartier | Dec 5, 2019 | Ask the Expert, David Chartier
First off, ‘toxic’ is an easy descriptor when talking about an ex. Some people casually throw it around and use it as a synonym for ‘unhealthy’ or simply bad which makes it hard to talk about co-parenting tactics unless you define what ‘toxic’ really means. “By...
by Karen Bonnell | Sep 19, 2019 | Ask the Expert, Co-parenting, Karen Bonnell
A wise move for both co-parents is to respect each other’s parenting time. Each parent is responsible for caring for children during his or her residential time. It interferes with effective co-parenting when one parent makes plans for the kids during the other’s...
by David Chartier | Jul 24, 2019 | Ask the Expert, Co-parenting, David Chartier, Dealing with Conflict
A typical divorce is traumatic for everyone involved. Drama is the fuel that stokes the flames of divorce and separation with a bully. A co-parent bullying the other, plays itself out in a number of ways; insult, insinuation, inquisitions, bossiness, or put-downs,...
