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Homework Battles: The 5 Step Reset
Semenay Erdoğan from Unsplash Do you dread the after school show down? When you ask whether they have any homework while preparing for battle? Or maybe it is after the sports and activities in the[...]By Julietta Skoog
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Kids Don’t Need “One Story” About the Divorce – They Need Emotional Safety
There’s this idea that comes up a lot when parents separate:“We need to be on the same page about everything so the kids don’t get confused.” On the surface, it sounds logical, even responsible. If both parents tell one clean, unified story about why the family is changing, the kids will feel secure, right? Here’s […]By Guest
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What Your Nervous System is Trying to Tell You
When you are going through divorce or co-parenting struggles with your ex, it’s exhausting. Your nervous system may be stuck in survival mode. Here are tools to calm your nervous system from this panic state. Let me guess… You open an email from your co-parent, and before you’ve even finished the first sentence, your heart is […]By Guest
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Healing Happens in Community: Why Group Support Actually Works
There’s something a lot of people don’t realize until they’re in the middle of a divorce or trying to co-parent with someone difficult: it’s weirdly lonely. Even if you’ve got friends or family around, it’s hard to talk about what’s really going on. People either don’t get it, try to fix it, or maybe even […]By Guest
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Shielding Your Children: Navigating High-Conflict Co-Parenting
Parenting is full of surprises—some that make your heart swell, others that test your patience in ways you never imagined. Co-parenting with a high-conflict ex can amplify those challenges, turning everyday situations into hurdles that feel overwhelming. The tension, disagreements, and constant back-and-forth can drain you. Yet, through it all, one thing remains clear: your […]By Guest
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How to Stop Negative Interaction Cycles in Relationships
We all fall into repetitive patterns of relating to our partner or our children. This is normal. I call them cycles of interaction, or cycles for short. These cycles can be positive and promote connection. These cycles can also feel like negative ruts that prevent connection, and leave us feeling frustrated with ourselves, with the other person, with the situation, or all of the above!By Guest
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Infant Potty Training Approach
When my son was born, I decided to try the less common approach of “infant potty training” or “elimination communication.” With this method, you learn to read your baby’s cues and take them directly to the bathroom to pee and poop rather than having them always go in their diaper. This is a pretty common approach to potty training throughout the world as the majority of babies in India, Africa, and Asia are exposed to some form of elimination communication and are usually completely potty trained by the age of 2 years old.By Guest
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