When you and your partner are separating, your divorce can have an immediate impact on your child’s wellbeing. This may affect all areas of their life, including their concentration and performance at school.
Family Law News Section
Celebrity Children of Divorce Reveal How Parents’ Break-Up Affected Them
January 17, 2019
Divorce is, unfortunately, a common reality for many families. Today, celebrities are acknowledging the degree to which their parents’ divorce affected them. [Read more…]
Parenting Experts: How You Can Help Your Children Cope with Divorce
January 14, 2019
As part of our campaign “Helping Kids Cope with Divorce”, Cordell & Cordell interviewed three prominent parenting experts about their advice for divorcing parents. We asked:
- What is the best way to break the news to your children?
- What can you do to proactively reduce your kids’ worries about your separation?
- How can you protect them from suffering lasting psychological damage?
Adult Children of Divorce Give Insights to Divorcing Parents
January 10, 2019
If you and your partner are getting a divorce with kids under your care, you’ll want to make sure they come out at the other end as unscathed as possible. In order to understand how divorce affects children on an emotional and psychological level, Cordell & Cordell interviewed adult children of divorce about their childhood experiences. To protect their privacy, these stories have been anonymised. [Read more…]
How to Prepare for Your First Divorce Consultation
September 13, 2018
The decision to file for divorce is generally not taken lightly. It comes with an emotional journey of realising that something feels wrong, trying to work on it, then coming to terms with the fact the relationship is coming to an end, followed by several stages of grief. [Read more…]