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Expressing your emotions in the family and not hurting the kids!
Author: Christina McMahon | Date: 10/05/2020Children are exceptionally sensitive to family high emotions; the younger they are the more they are ’emotional sponges’. It is beneficial to children that parents know how to manage and express emotions in an appropriate manner.
Parenting Websites
Author: E-therapy admin | Date: 10/05/2020Websites to Help Parents – Useful Links
Aftermath of Divorce: Useful Resource for Therapists
Author: Constance Ahrons, (1994) ‘What’s Normal in Divorce’ In ‘The Good Divorce’ Harper and Collins | Date: 10/05/2020Obviously there are healthy ways of managing a divorce which can protect children. a summarised outline of the differences in the typologies Ahrons proposed from her research study of 98 families.
Using Children as Weapons in Family Disputes: Harmoniser Style 1
Author: Christina McMahon | Date: 10/05/2020Harmoniser: When we examine the conflicts and intense emotions of people experencing divorce or separation it is often the escalation and intensity of ‘bad’ behaviour over children that leave many people shaking their heads in disbelief. When this continues for many years we are left with a very damaging situation to all involved; especially when ex-partners can’t move out of entrenched conflict; even when all the hard court battles are supposedly over.
