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#7 – KIDS AND DIVORCE
For the custodial parent: For the non-custodial parent:
hobbies. There are special web Non-custodial parents challenges:
sites that encourage a shared • They have shared responsibility for
calendar or space where you their children
can load documents and • Strong connections benefit your kids
information about your child in their future relationships
online so the other parent can • Don’t give up on your relationship
stay involved. with your kids, even if they don’t
• Keep to a schedule and be seem to want to do things with you
ready for transitions and pick- • It’s hard to turn one or two short visits
ups. a month into normal parenting –
reach out to your kids even when you
can’t be there in person
• You don’t have to be the Disney
parent – doing big events each time
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you see your kids. Sometimes it’s the
small things like taking a walk,
cooking a spaghetti dinner, watching
TV together that are the bonding
moments.
• It can be lonely and painful to be
separated from your kids, especially
when you have to drop them back off
after a visit. It’s OK to feel sad.
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