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Session 6
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- 3. 2. Parenting inTwo Homes • Work Together • Minimize Conflict • Self-responsibility
- 4. 3. Reassurance • Loved by Both Parents • Reduce Guilt • Simple Explanation • Ability to Voice Concerns
- 5. 4. Visitation • Reasons for not Allowed Custody • Child’s Sense of Time • Be on Time • Prioritize Visitation • Spend Quality Time
- 6. 5. Reconciliation • Normal •Belief that it May Occur Parent – Do not Give False Sense of Hope
- 7. 6. Choosing Sides& Loyalty Conflicts • Talking Negative About the Other Parent • Experience of Emotions and Acknowledgement
- 8. 7. Communication • Increase Communication with Children • Ex-spouse Communication • Create Records of Communication • Lessen the Chance of Conflict • Increase Staying Focused
- 9. 8. Permissions toLove Both Parents • Gift Giving Occasions • Ability to Continue Rituals • Phone Calls to Communicate • Create Cards
- 10. 9. Two SeparateLives • Two Birthday Celebrations • Options for Celebrations
- 11. 10. Attention toYour Child • Give Undivided Attention • Have Dinner Together Children often learn what is required to obtain your undivided attention.
- 12. 11. Grief • FamilyRoutines • Holiday Traditions • Family Traditions
- 13. 12. Future Relationship Concerns •Take Time for Yourself • Children’s Reactions • Your Children’s Concerns for Future Relationships • Premarital Counseling
- 14. 13. Extracurricular Activities •Time • Expense • Commitment
- 15. 14. Academic Requirements •Homework Completion • Requirements to Succeed Academically
- 16. 15. Parent andOpposite Sex Child • Admiration • Enter Child’s World • No Excuses for Non-parenting • Feelings of Abandonment
- 17. 16. Remarriage ofParent • May Become Main Parental Figure if Biological Parent is Absent • Become Vulnerable • Divorce and Remarriage • Blending Two Different Families • Time with Children
- 18. 17. Adolescent • ChangesAssociated with Maturity • Parents Wisdom and Guidance • Maintain Parenting Skills
- 19. 18. Single Parenting •Allow Children to Remain a Child Without too Many Responsibilities • Make Accommodations • Older Children Should not Become the Parent
- 20. 19. Expectations AcrossHomes • Consistency • Expectations as Children Mature
- 21. 20. Surrogate Parent •Stable Qualities • Available Options • Ability to Participate in Same Sex Parent & Child Activities
- 22. 21. Other Considerations • Non-custodial Relatives • Compromise • Financially Competing • Transition Adjustment • Memory Bank
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