Category: Family

Ten tips on how to break the news of your separation to your kids

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Telling your kids that you are separating is probably one of the hardest things you will ever have to do. The news of parental separation can be difficult for your kids to accept and it will take time to adjust to the change.

For your child, this can be a period of grief and confusion, and they could be scared of the unknown and wondering what’s going to happen to them and to their lives. Your child might be angry, sad, and confused.

Here are ten tips on how to break the news of your separation to your kids and how you can support your kids to help them cope with the news.Continue Reading →

Co-parenting agreements: step by step

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Co-parenting agreements: step by step.

This article has been written by Steve Wright and provided by Chicago Family Rights. 

When going through divorce, there is a lot of paperwork to do, financial challenges to overcome and court cases to battle through. 

Among this, one of the critical decisions you will be making is how both you and your ex-spouse will collectively raise your children.Continue Reading →

Single Mum Solo Vacay – Koh Lipe

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In December I celebrated my first Christmas without my daughter. Okay, celebrated is the wrong word. For a carol singing, Santa hat-wearing, Christmas LOOOOOVING gal, “survived” is probably a more accurate description.

I always knew that after almost seven years as a single mum, and six Christmases with my six-year-old daughter, I would find it tough. So I decided that if I couldn’t celebrate with my daughter, the next best thing would be to take myself on a little rejuvenating vacay.

And so I did some googling and some price comparing and found the perfect spot… Koh Lipe.

Since posting about it on Instagram, and chatting about it a little on my podcast, I have been asked many questions about Koh Lipe and my solo trip there, and in this blog post, I answer the most frequent ones so that if you too are thinking of going to Koh Lipe, hopefully, it helps.Continue Reading →

How to make relaxing on holidays with kids easy

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How to make relaxing on holidays with kids easy

This blog post is sponsored by ABC Reading Eggs.

We’ve just returned from a holiday in Port Douglas which was absolutely lovely. Gosh, we are lucky to live in such a beautiful country. We saw some amazing sights – the Daintree and Cape Tribulation were particular standouts. We also swam, ate, had adventures and just had an overall sensational time. But we also really enjoyed some downtime by the pool. We both really needed it.

Sometimes as a single parent, getting downtime is not easy. There’s no other parent to take over from you when you need it, and add into the mix (in my case anyway) a child who is a ball of energy and wants you in the pool with them at all times (whenever you go with the intention of sitting down next to it with a good book). And I don’t know about you, but my child loves a chat. Loves it. And as much as I love that she loves a chat, sometimes I just need a bit of stillness and silence. Time to read, time to think. Time to myself. And that is where ABC Reading Eggs comes in. It’s a perfect win-win solution for us.Continue Reading →

Chores for Children According to Age

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Chores for Children According to Age

As parents, it’s natural to want to provide and do everything for your kids. But doing so might end up being counterproductive. No matter how painful it is to watch your children struggle with new chores the first few times, fight the urge to do it for them. Asking your kids – even the little ones – to help around the house is the best and most effective way to teach them about responsibility.Continue Reading →