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CCS Newsletter Archives
Maximize Gross Domestic Happiness. Whether it is an economic downturn or the deterioration of a marriage, parents should be aware that children suffer when they are not protected from the emotional stress of adult concerns.
The Art of Interviewing Young Children in Custody Disputes, Excerpted from the ABA Family Advocate article by Karen J. Saywitz, PhD. The last two decades of research on child development have produced several principles for effectively interviewing young children. The following strategies may be used to help reduce children’s distress and elicit reliable information that is meaningful for custody planning purposes.
Co-Parenting Over Summer Vacation. Kids wait all year for summer vacation. But when parents are divorced or separated, summer vacation becomes more complicated. When kids have a parenting schedule to live with, summer can lose some of its fun. Your child needs to spend time with both parents – that's a given – so how do you keep the parenting schedule from messing up your child's summer dreams? Read more
Using Body Language That Kids Trust. Professionals who work with children know how critical that first impression can be to establish a framework for trust for adult-child negotiation. Just as the adult is "reading" the child, the child, in turn, is sizing up the formidable adult. That, plainly, is body language at work. Read more
Making the Most of Your Child's IEP. This article addresses the need for parents to become active advocates for their special needs children and particular strategies to help form an Individualized Education Program.
Ensure Happy Holidays for Children of Divorce. The title article in the December edition focuses on several measures parents can take to help ensure children share in the wonder and happiness of the holiday season.
Telling Your Children About the Divorce. Children often fear that they will lose one of their parents in a divorce or that their parents will abandon them and they will have to fend for themselves. This article provides some guidelines for telling your children about your decision to divorce.
Back to School During and After Divorce: Tips to Help Your Child Adjust. A few helpful tools can help families emerge from conflict with positive, supportive relationships that help kids remain successful in school.
When is Venting to Your Teen T.M.I.? It is common for parents to begin to confide in their teenagers as they would in adults, but sharing grownup matters with them, such as the circumstances of the divorce or opinions about the other parent, is often not in children’s best interests.
When Being Your Child's Friend Goes Too Far. As parents turn their children for advice on more decisions, parents must be aware of the pitfalls.
Stewardshp vs. Ownership Parenting. Real life situtions and parenting options.
Children's Bill of Rights in Family Conflict.
Interested in joinging a board to give back in your community? A former local nonprofit Board Presdient talks about potential roles and responsibilities.
Children at Risk: The Legacy of Growing up Without a Dad. Every year thousands of children in Oregon join the ranks of those be- ing parented from two homes as a result of divorce or separation. Un- fortunately, for many children two homes and two parents will shrink to one home and one parent - the primary custodian.