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Christina McGhee

Raising Children After Divorce With Christina McGhee

Divorce leaves us overwhelmed and vulnerable, compromising our ability to parent well.

 

And despite our best intentions, we may inadvertently dismiss our kids’ feelings or put them in an uncomfortable position.

 

So, what can we do to gain a better understanding of what our children are going through during a divorce? How can we learn to coparent in a way that puts kids first?

 

Christina McGhee is the divorce-parenting expert behind Divorce and Children and author of the highly acclaimed book, Parenting Apart: How Separated and Divorced Parents Can Raise Happy and Secure Kids.

 

Christina is also the creator of the Co-Parenting Specialist Certification Training for divorce professionals and consulting producer of the films SPLIT: The Early Years and SPLIT UP: The Teen Years.

 

On this episode of Divorce Dialogues, Christina joins Katherine to explain why it’s crucial to create space for kids to talk about their experience of divorce and how to own it when you make a parenting mistake.

 

Christina describes how children of divorce often feel the need to caretake their parents and struggle to recognize their own needs as they become young adults.

 

Listen in for Christina’s advice on validating the way kids feel (without stepping in to fix the problem first) and learn how to choose professionals who take a child-centered approach to divorce.

Topics Covered   

How Christina’s parents’ divorce informs her work as a divorce-parenting expert

 

Why Christina credits her ‘bonus kids’ as her best teachers on parenting children of divorce

 

Why it’s crucial to create space for kids to talk about their experience of divorce

 

The challenge of owning it when you make a mistake with your kids (and why it’s so important)

 

The premise behind the films SPLIT: The Early Years and SPLIT UP: The Teen Years

 

How children of divorce often feel the need to caretake their parents and struggle with recognizing their own needs as they become young adults

 

How parents can be the best possible resource for kids who are navigating divorce

 

What it looks like to validate the way children of divorce feel without stepping in to fix the problem

 

Christina’s Co-Parenting Specialist Certification Training for divorce professionals

 

How to choose a divorce professional who takes a child-centered approach

 

Connect With Christina McGhee 

Divorce and Children

 

Christina on Instagram

 

Christina on Facebook

 

Christina on LinkedIn

 

Split Film

 

Connect With Katherine Miller

The Center for Understanding Conflict

Miller Law Group

Katherine on LinkedIn

The New Yorker’s Guide to Collaborative Divorce by Katherine Miller

Email: katherine@miller-law.com 

Call (914) 738-7765

Resources  

Parenting Apart: How Separated and Divorced Parents Can Raise Happy and Secure Kids by Christina McGhee

 

Christina’s Co-Parenting Specialist Certification Training

 

Ellen Bruno on Divorce Dialogues EP190

 

Ellen Bruno on Divorce Dialogues EP045