Parenting through Divorce Short Course

Why Take This Class?

In the United States, according to the US Census 2018 reports, the total households reported were 119,730,128. Of this total number of households, the number of children affected by single parent living were 10,694,673.  Those households that were non-family households had a total number of children of 37,574,321 that live with non-biological family members.  The total number of children that are affected by divorce were approximately 28,417,093.[1] Therefore, the question we ask will divorce have an impact? Yes, at least 28 million children are impacted from divorce.  Some of the typical problems of children who come from a divorced family are behavior, school performance, sleep, and unhealthy development of relationships.  These problems vary from child to child and are dependent of various developmental factors.

In this class, you will learn how children may react to your divorce and the ways that you may help them through this difficult time.

Our hope in you taking this class is to be able make decisions that are in the best interest of your child/ren to reduce the traumatic impact on their psychological well-being.  This class is designed to help guide parents through the process of dealing with child/ren through your divorce and the different ways each family member can cope in healthy ways. Every circumstance is different. Looking at each decision carefully and how it will affect your child/ren can make it easier for them and for you to adjust during this difficult time.

Relationships that end in divorce are hard to navigate under the best of circumstances. Remembering that your child/ren are impacted as deeply as you are is key in understanding and making decisions between you and your ex-partner that are beneficial to the child/ren. Remaining open minded and flexible with one another and with your child/ren and their behavior as they make the transition to this new way of life, will help you all. Be patient with yourself as well. “In your patience possess ye your souls” words from Luke 21:19 (KJV) teaches each of us that during trying times it requires more diligence to make the right and best decisions for your child/ren and yourself. This is because, as you and your ex-partner are going through this divorce and the flood of emotions and feelings, they can trigger behavior without thinking, thus it is extremely important to be patient with each other and THINK. It will take time to achieve a good working co-parenting relationship, but it can be done. You have spent time training your child/ren that they should be kind, considerate of others, and to always do the right thing. Right now, they are looking to each of you to be the example they should follow during these trying times. If each of you show kindness and respect to your ex-partner, they will too.

“And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.” Luke 6:31 NKJV

We know this as the Golden Rule. It is helpful to remember this as you make decisions in this process.

[1] The US Census Bureau https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=data%20profile%20nolan%20&g=0500000US48353,48151,48335,48415_0100000US&hidePreview=true&tid=ACSDP5Y2018.DP02&vintage=2018&layer=VT_2018_050_00_PY_D1&cid=DP02_0001E