The Zen Parent on MSNOpinion

The case for staying together for the kids

Nearly one-third of American children experience parental divorce before reaching adulthood. The decision to separate haunts ...
U.S. children whose parents divorce when they are age 5 or younger have reduced earnings as adults and increased chances by young adulthood of teen pregnancy, incarceration and death, according to a ...
U.S. children whose parents divorce when they are age 5 or younger have reduced earnings as adults and increased chances by young adulthood of teen pregnancy, incarceration and death, according to a ...
U.S. children whose parents divorce when they are age 5 or younger have reduced earnings as adults and increased chances by young adulthood of teen pregnancy, incarceration and death, according to a ...
Dear Annie: I’m at a crossroads in my marriage, and I don’t know what to do. My husband and I barely talk anymore unless it’s about the kids or logistics. There’s no connection, no affection — just a ...
Dear Annie: I’m at a crossroads in my marriage, and I don’t know what to do. My husband and I barely talk anymore unless it’s about the kids or logistics. There’s no connection, no affection—just a ...
Val and Justin are facing divorce, and they come to my office to learn more about the process. In my experience, no one is prepared for the legal or emotional process or the aftermath of divorce. Val ...
The debate over whether couples should stay together "for the kids" has raged on for decades, but it glosses over one very inconvenient fact: A house full of vitriol and turmoil with two parents who ...
"Disconnecting kids from their support network, local mental health services, local schools and connections to local ...
A reader recently wrote to me because she's concerned that she has waited "too long" to divorce. Her two children are 10 and 13, and she's been unhappy for a decade. One of her friends said that her ...
After my divorce, the invisible labor of being a solo parent became very heavy. Then, my kids and I moved in with my mom and stepdad, and our lives changed for the better. Moving in with my family has ...