With the recent increases in gas and food prices and the new school year around the corner, single parents need all the help they can get stretching a dollar. For most of us, the next few weeks will be spent buying school clothes and supplies and having to spend money on school lunches, after school activities and all of the other expenses the new school year brings.
So if our earnings and/or child support has not increased, yet all of our expenses have, how are we supposed to get…
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Added by Christina Rowe on August 29, 2008 at 12:44am —
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If you have children and are going through a difficult divorce, you may wonder how you are going to be able to co-parent your children with your ex. If you could not get along well enough to resolve your differences during the divorce, parenting without hostility will most likely be a challenge.
But even in the worst divorce cases, there have been parents who have been able to put aside their differences and co-parent in a healthy and positive way. If you are dealing with an ex with…
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Added by Christina Rowe on August 29, 2008 at 12:43am —
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If you receive child support payments through a debit card then you need to know about a new scam targeting parents. Thousands of parents across the country have reported receiving messages asking them for personal information about their debt cards.
The card, known as EPPICard, is given to custodial parents as a way to receive child support payments instead of a direct bank deposit. The parent can use the card as a credit card in stores and also withdraw cash. It seemed like a great…
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Added by Christina Rowe on August 29, 2008 at 12:40am —
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My 62 year old widowed mother recently began receiving my father's social security death benefits. We had to call the social security office to find out how the process works. I became curious about what benefits- if any-divorced people are entitled to. During my own divorce, my lawyer never discussed this issue with me. After 13 years of marriage, most of those spent as a stay at home mom, if I would be entitled to my ex-husband's social security benefits.
I went to the government's…
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Added by Christina Rowe on August 29, 2008 at 12:39am —
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Our own member Roz Sedacca was recently quoted in a major Divorce 360 article posted here. Read on to see what she has to say, and to learn more about whether or not to tell children about an affair:
When former presidential nominee John Edwards admitted he’d cheated on his wife, the question on some minds was how someone touted as a family man told his wife – and his three children about the affair.
“How do you tell your children about the affair? You don’t,” said…
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Added by Cynthia Tiano, Esq. on August 26, 2008 at 10:18am —
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Parenting: Getting Divorced? Tips to Cope as your Child Goes Back to School
By DIVORCE360.COM
If you and your spouse have split up during the summer, going back to school can be a traumatic time for your child as he or she faces the prospect of what it means to have divorced parents. Divorce360.com experts offered three tips to help during the new school year. They include:
1. Meet the new teacher.
Jodi Seidler, founder of the single parenting site,…
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Added by Rosalind Sedacca, CCT on August 21, 2008 at 9:00pm —
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It seems to me that it is just too easy for couples contemplating divorce to fall into the adversarial system. Even those folks who start out with the intention of doing things peacefully get sucked into the system. I'm thinking about a couple I met with a few months ago who wanted to avoid a "war." We had an educational and philosophical discussion about marital dissolution and coparenting (they've got one young child). I heard from them very briefly over the course of a few months -- they…
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Added by Cindy Harari on August 14, 2008 at 6:00pm —
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The Universe
The following message was sent to me anonymously and I loved it! If you are not a believer in what you put out will come back to you tenfold, please think again!
This is The Universe. Today I will be handling All of your problems for you. I do Not need your help.
So, have a nice day.
I love you.
P.S. And, remember...
If life happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, do Not attempt to…
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Added by Laura Campbell on August 8, 2008 at 5:51pm —
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The Universe
The following message was sent to me anonymously and I loved it! If you are not a believer in what you put out will come back to you tenfold, please think again!
This is The Universe. Today I will be handling All of your problems for you. I do Not need your help.
So, have a nice day.
I love you.
P.S. And, remember...
If life happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, do Not attempt to resolve it…
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Added by Laura Campbell on August 8, 2008 at 5:49pm —
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Getting a divorce doesn't mean you never speak to your ex again, especially if you share any amount of custody. Now more than ever, you need communication strategies that bring out the best in everyone - you, your ex and your kids. It only takes one argument to slip out of control and make your life (and your children's lives) extremely difficult. Learning new strategies of communication with your ex is a worthy goal if you want a life with less stress and more ease. Below are some simple…
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Added by Jeanie Rule on August 5, 2008 at 6:16pm —
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We have heard that before!! But, do we really live it every day?
I would bet that since you have been going through the transition of separation or divorce, you have been overwhelmed with all that is going on in your life and either you have rationalized letting go of your commitment to your body because you:
* have decided that there are other things that are more of a priority
* been attracted to "comfort food"...you know, pizza, pasta, ice cream...
* lost… Continue
Added by Laura Campbell on August 1, 2008 at 4:10pm —
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