You were there through everything else, but it’s not easy to watch your child go through a divorce.

Marsha Temlock, author of “Your Child’s Divorce: What to Expect — What You Can Do” and retired vocational counselor, answers questions in an interesting Wall Street Journal article about accepting your child’s divorce, helping to stabilize their life, and more.

Each year approximately four million parents are affected by their children’s divorce.

In a recent nationwide study conducted by the Pew Research Center, 70% of the public say it’s more difficult being a mother today than 20 or 30 years ago, and 60% agree that it’s more difficult being a father now than in the past. What’s responsible for the changing difficulties? Social factors appear to be the biggest concern, while discipline and balancing of time are the next two issues of concern as found by the survey.

Parenting coordinators are a child-focused method of alternative dispute resolution used in high conflict child custody cases.

A parenting coordinator is a neutral third-party brought into custody cases to reduce the level of conflict by helping the parents make better decisions concerning the parenting of their children.

Rosen Law Firm’s recent article on Parenting Coordinators is very imformative.

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Granted the makeup of the average family in the U.S. today is much different than it was 50 years ago. Families are made up of unmarried, same-sex couples who don’t necessarily have biological ties with their ‘children’. How is a ‘parent’ defined and should our laws reflect these new family structures?