Parenting through Divorce

Welcome to this course in parenting through divorce! I hope that you will find this course helpful and beneficial in your journey of parenting.

In this video I will do a quick overview of the different modules that we will be covering and give you a roadmap for the course ahead.

In order to be able to parent effectively and guide our children in understanding their emotions, we need to first understand and be able to manage our own emotions. In this module, we will explore the importance of managing our own emotions as well as some practical strategies on how to manage our emotions.

How you tell your child about the upcoming divorce as well as future conversations about the divorce is very important. Telling them either too much or too little can leave them with a lot of anxiety. In this module we will explore guiding principles about what to tell and how to tell them. We will also look at how to tell your child in an age-appropriate manner.

Once you have shared the news with them, your child is likely to experience a range of different emotions. Unfortunately, children often struggle to communicate their emotions effectively. This is why it's so important for you to be attuned to their emotions at this time and to use this opportunity to teach them how to manage big emotions. In this module we will explore how to manage your child's emotions - both in the moment as well as strategies to implement to support emotional regulation in general.

Co-parenting may seem daunting. In this module, we will look at some practical strategies that will help you navigate some of the challenges of co-parenting. Most importantly, we will look at what factors need to be considered so that your child's best interests remain the top priority of the co-parenting dynamic.

In this module we will explore what does the research say about the potential risks that children of divorced parents are exposed to and what can parents do to mitigate these risk factors.