Family Law

Ways to Help Children of Divorce Ease Their Longing for the Other Parent

By Ben Stevens

When parents divorce, children usually end up living primarily with one parent.  When a child has been close to both parents, it is normal for the child to miss one parent when with the other parent.  The following steps can help ease the children's longing for the other parent:

• Encourage your child to telephone the other parent, care for the other parent, and have photos of the other parent in his/her room.
• Prepare stamped, addressed envelopes to the other parents so that the child can easily write and/or mail items to the other parent.
• Tell the child in what positive ways he or she reminds you of the other parent.

Full post as published by SC Family Law Blog on December 18, 2007 (boomark / email).