Don’t Let Divorce Ruin Kids’ Holiday

Doreen Nagle of the Poughkeepsie Journal has some useful tips for Divorce Around Holiday Time.

Just because you may be divorced doesn’t mean your children don’t have visions of a happy family holiday dancing in their heads. The end of the year get-togethers should be about your children, not your residual anger at their other parent.

» Plan ahead so you can avoid the usual situations that press each other’s buttons. Even if you think you have worked out the details months ago, check again to be sure everyone understands where the children will be spending the big event days and under what circumstances. Tell the children in advance about the plans.

Read the rest here : http://www.divorcecare.org/holidays