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Sometimes a good divorce is better than a bad marriage.
Get to Know Me (My Crazy Life) Pt. 2
"Physically, I'm here. Mentally I'm far, far away..." The Life Changing Move The moment I found out that my younger brother and I were moving to Virginia with our dad for good, I would be lying if I said I was ecstatic for it. Even though I remember the good times of my mother and father being together and married, I knew that they weren't getting back together again. After the divorce, I lived with my mom, and my younger brother Jacob for three years. I lived in a filthy house, the smell of dog and cat piss was overwhelming and unfortunately, since I was so young, I thought all of this was normal. In a way, I have grown used to that kind of lifestyle. No electricity, hot water, heat, food, taking baths in a laundry basket with my brother and heating water in the fireplace was the "normal" for us.
By Kayla Triplett7 years ago in Families
The Evil Bio-Mom?
Growing up, I pitied the evil stepmother. From Snow White to Cinderella, fairy tales and movies, the stepmother was branded with a bad reputation. Even though her history was often a story of suffering, grief, and abandonment, she was vilified taking on all the glorious attributes of her wicked behaviors. Often, she was an older women, sometimes a mother, and sometimes not. She may have been a widow or an ambitious, childless female, hungry for power and wealth. She was a home wrecker, a whore, and sometimes a sorceress who sold her soul for her own personal gain. Incapable of being loved for who she was, she resorted to trickery, seduction, witchcraft or magic to lure the innocent and unassuming father into her web. Except for Carol Brady, the loving matriarch from The Brady Bunch—biological mother to three girls, and stepmother to three boys, she embodied the all or nothing, full-in mother that most women aspire to be, or view as an unattainable dream. However, the first Mrs. Brady was dead, so it was an easy story line to sell during a time when divorce was an infrequent occurrence.
By Andri Efstathiou7 years ago in Families
Children of Divorce
As I’m writing this, tears flow down my face, stemming from a pain that I thought wasn’t there anymore. A pain that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. A pain that only writing has healed over time. When my parents first separated, everyday was hard. After a while, some days became easy, and only some were hard. Now I am at a place in my life where most days are easy, and only a few are hard. Those are usually the big days, the holidays, the birthdays, days where I daydream that our family is back together. Days where I envision going to “my parents'” house instead of one or the other’s. Today is not big, but writing this made it "one of the those days."
By Mariah Dunn7 years ago in Families
3 Tips for Co-Parenting After a Divorce
It’s tricky. Is co-parenting together after a divorce is as daunting and frustrating as it sounds? It’s true that your schedule now depends on the flexibility of someone else’s and that you need to be cautious to make this experience as fluid and easy for your child as you can. Sounds awful, doesn’t it? Well, it doesn’t have to be.
By Amanda Lin7 years ago in Families
Dos and Don'ts for Winning Child Custody
Winning primary child custody isn’t easy. For this reason, you should equip yourself with information on the dos to follow and don’ts to avoid. You must have an action plan that you can only do if you have enough knowledge about what to expect. To get started, check out the following for useful dos and don’ts to win the child custody battle.
By Jennifer Grachova7 years ago in Families
How Domestic Abusers Get Custody in Family Court
Seven people are in court at the moment for spraying a three-year-old boy with acid as the father wanted to prove that the mother was unfit and unable to care for the child properly and he should have more time with the boy. This may seem very extreme—to hurt your own child to fabricate evidence against a woman to show how much you love the child. However, this is more the norm in Family Court than otherwise, with fathers doing anything they can to hurt the mother of their children.
By Clare Scanlan7 years ago in Families
Family Court Danger
When a woman bravely flees from an abusive relationship or finds out that her husband has sexually abused her children, she quite reasonably expects that the law will protect her and her children from him. She quickly finds out that this is not the case. Family Courts do not protect women and children from abuse, they protect the abuser, putting the mother and children back in danger and allow the perpetrator to continue his abuse.
By Clare Scanlan7 years ago in Families
Don’t Hide These Facts from Your Divorce Attorney
Going through a divorce can be very emotionally challenging and stressful. The meetings with lawyers, family situation, conflicts with the partner and other stress caused by an ongoing divorce case can be very confusing and a tough time for you. There are many things that need to be kept in mind while going through a divorce and dealing with divorce lawyers.
By Eada Hudes7 years ago in Families
The Forgotten One (Ch. 2)
My father started dating my babysitter. Who eventually came to be my stepmother. I am not sure when they decided to move in together. I think it was probably not long after she started taking care of me. I was around two or three when they made the decision to cut my real mother out of my life. Stepmom came into the relationship with her own child from her first marriage. By a man named Joel. I only remember meeting him once when he brought my stepsister a huge Easter basket. I remember living in a greenhouse, going to a school called Richell Special School.
By Nalana Phillips7 years ago in Families
The Forgotten One
You how people say they wish they could remember what it was like to be a baby? I am not one of those people. My parents got into an argument and my father beat my mother while she was pregnant with me. This caused her to go into early labor and she had to be flown from Homer, Alaska to Anchorage Providence Hospital.
By Nalana Phillips7 years ago in Families
