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Dating After Divorce: Be Careful How You Tell Your Kids By Rosalind Sedacca, CCT We all know divorce creates havoc in any family’s life, especially when children are involved. Moving on after divorce can also be challenging. It’s a time to be very gentle, both with yourself as well as with your children. Chances are, you made a considerable emotional investment in your marriage. Having seen that relationship fail can make you insecure about facing new relationships ahead. But if you take the time to go within, learn from your mistakes, understand the lessons from your marriage and determine new ways to approach future relationships, at some point you will feel ready to step back out into the dating world again. Then you face the challenge of breaking the news to your children. Be Sensitive and Empathic! Of course the age of your children will play a big part in how to talk to them about your starting to date. The rapport you have with them and closeness within your own relationship wit...

My divorce and life after divorce success story – A male’s perspective  I am happy to take questions. Here is my divorce tale and advice to my younger self. TLDR : • Know that life after divorce will be much much better if you let it be. I wish someone would have told me this. • First few years are very very tough. Find your support, seek positive help! Avoid negative help (substance abuse), negative people (could be your friends or family). • Forgive yourself, your ex and move on. Take more losses than you need to just so you can move on. That’s what I did. Give the other person more property and more money, just for your peace of mind. Don’t lose yourself. Money can be made. Time will heal you. You are not losing anything if you have yourself. • Time heals all the wounds. This is what I experienced. 1-year max to get over it, I think for me. And 5-years to the start of a completely different life. In 10 years, you will see your previous life like someone else’s. My father told me...

 Chicago Illinois Divorce and Family Law, Mehta Family Law Group of Chicago. The Mehta Law Group is one of Chicago’s premier law firms. Our team of lawyers and staff are here to serve you and to help you build a better future for yourself and your family. We represent individuals, families, and children in every aspect of the legal process from beginning to end. Our attorneys bring with them over 30 years of combined experience, we are professional, and treat every individual with the respect they deserve. We are hardworking and don’t back down, our goals is always to advocate for our clients, to ensure a positive end result... Call 312-374-4559

 Chicago Illinois Divorce and Family Law, Mehta Family Law Group of Chicago. The Mehta Law Group is one of Chicago’s premier law firms. Our team of lawyers and staff are here to serve you and to help you build a better future for yourself and your family. We represent individuals, families, and children in every aspect of the legal process from beginning to end. Our attorneys bring with them over 30 years of combined experience, we are professional, and treat every individual with the respect they deserve. We are hardworking and don’t back down, our goals is always to advocate for our clients, to ensure a positive end result... Call 312-374-4559

Do You Have a Pet Custody Agreement? Tips for Divorcing Parents BY KARIS NAFTE Certified Dog Behavior Consultant, Accredited Mediator, Founder, Who Keeps the Dog?, Divorced Girl Smiling Trusted Professional When parents get divorced , one of the first things they work out is a custody agreement for their children. That schedule might be 50-50, one week on and one week off, or it might look very different depending on work schedules, travel, and what best supports the child. But is there such a thing as a pet custody agreement? There sure is. When there is a pet involved, especially a beloved dog, the parents sometimes decide the dog should move back and forth with the children between two homes. This is an increasingly common situation in divorce, and it is one that deserves careful thought.  As a pet custody mediator  and dog behavior specialist, I work with families and divorce professionals to help them make decisions that truly support both the animal and the people involv...