The OurFamilyWizard Blog
Welcome to the OurFamilyWizard blog. This blog was setup as a forum for the exchange of ideas to help families and the professionals who serve them. Articles within are relevant to Attorneys, Mediators, Judges, Magistrates, Referees, GAL’s, Visitation Expeditors, Parenting Consultants and Parents. Our goal is to create a place where anyone involved in family law can share ideas that could reduce conflict, improve communication, protect children and help move families forward:
- July 22, 2010
- Don't spend $1,000 to fight over a $50 expense.
It is that not that uncommon to hear a story about divorced parents spending thousands in legal fees to fight over issues like a $200 expense or changes to the parenting schedule over the holidays. How does this happen? Why do otherwise logical and financially responsible people waste so much time and money fighting? Are the children’s best interests always the driving factor when parents engage in costly litigation over issues?
- July 14, 2010
- Child Custody Calendar Software
Your divorce may have started 10 years ago or last month, but as long as you have minor children together, you and your co-parent will need to develop a parenting plan that can work for both of you. Many families are turning to custody software solutions like the OurFamilyWizard website to assist. The OurFamilyWizard website works as an ongoing "living" version of your parenting plan.
- July 13, 2010
- Bath Time Struggles
- By Bill Corbett
Getting a child to take a bath falls in the category of getting someone to do something they don’t really care about.
- July 12, 2010
- How to Positively Co-parent after Divorce
- By Dyan Eybergen BA, RN
Co-parenting is a term used to express the relationship that two individuals, typically a mother and father, have in relation to parenting a child or children after separation or divorce. This relationship is conceptualized separately from the romantic relationship as the parents are no longer living together, yet they maintain a relationship to parent their children.
- July 9, 2010
- Red Flags that a Child is Playing Parents Against Each Other
- By Gary Kohler
It does not take some children very long to realize the advantages of playing parents against each other to get what they want. After a few years of being on this earth children start to realize that just because dad said no doesn’t mean that mom will say no (or vice versa). Toddlers often see the world in almost magical terms where they simply ask for something and then it will appear. To children this age, parents are the great providers in charge of giving them anything they need at all times – not matter how difficult.
- June 22, 2010
- From Power Struggles to Cooperation
- By Melanie Miller, M.Ed.
I’m sure we all remember those toddler days when our kids were really good at saying “no”, running away when it was diaper changing time or throwing a fit because their favorite shirt wasn’t clean and ready to wear. Weren’t they suppose to grow out of this? If you’re still feeling challenged, provoked, threatened or defeated by your child’s behavior, cheer up, you’re not alone! Even though our kids have gained a few years, they can still be experts at successfully engaging us in power struggles.
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