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Please only give advice if you yourself have been very close to the situations I am describing or were a product of it (your parents divorced).  
 
What advice do you have for those of us who are raising children in a broken home or, perhaps the parents were never really together but both parents are now involved.  
 
This thread is not to judge single parents and tell them why they are a single parent. Each person's situation is different. You can't possibly know why each one of us is a single parent. :-) However, most of us try to parent the best we can.  
 
I'm sure in some way we are scarring our children unknowingly in the ways we communicate with our ex's and involve our children, handle custody, etc. I attended a Step-Parent/Divorce course a few years ago offered by the Elspeth Reid Centre, it was very helpful.  
 
Parenting advice especially would be appreciated. Our children are often dealing with a lot of emotions, fears: sometimes they feel they are the man or woman of the house - which is a lot of weight on their shoulders. Sometimes they worry about things they shouldn't have to.  
 
I appreciate any advice you can offer to give us more insight into the situations we may be currently handling or will encounter in the future. :-)  
 
 
 
Edited by Tangled, 2011-01-03 02:19:07