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 Dr. Jann Blackstone | Jul 10, 2019 | Ask the Expert, Co-parenting, Dr. Jann Blackstone
Dear Dr. Jann,I think my ex is a narcissist because it is impossible to co-parent with him. What can I do?– ’Impossible to coParent’ Dear ‘Impossible to coParent’, A true narcissist cannot feel empathy and has no remorse when there’s a disagreement. Although that...
by Dr. Jann Blackstone | May 1, 2019 | Ask the Expert, Co-parenting, Dr. Jann Blackstone
Dr. Jann Blackstone explains and defines the difference between coParenting and Parallel Parenting in the following way: coParenting is for those parents who can problem-solve together in the best interest of the child, even though they no longer live together. The...
by Dr. Jann Blackstone | May 1, 2019 | Ask the Expert, Co-parenting, Dating, Dealing with Conflict, Dr. Jann Blackstone
Dear Dr. Jann, I’m currently engaged, and my new fiancee feels that my ex-wife is a constant in my life. She feels my ex-wife is intrusive and uses any reason she can with our kids to call or text me. This is all new to me but maybe I didn’t set boundaries when we...
by Dr. Jann Blackstone | Jan 24, 2019 | Ask the Expert, Blended Families, Dr. Jann Blackstone
Dear Dr. Jann, I hate when my child calls her dad’s girlfriend, “mommy.” Yes, they have been together for years and I know my daughter loves her, but I can’t stand that she calls anyone else, “mom.” How do I handle this without upsetting our comfortable coParenting...
by Dr. Jann Blackstone | Oct 15, 2018 | Ask the Expert, Co-parenting, Dealing with Conflict, Dr. Jann Blackstone
Dear Dr. Jann, My 14-year-old daughter lives with me most of the time. She has told her mother that she loves her and wants to see her, but doesn’t want to live with her. I want to support my daughter but I feel that she needs a relationship with her mother. How do...
