Helping Children Thrive When Parents Disagree

Learn how to handle disagreements with your parenting partner, reduce the impact of conflict on children, and model healthy communication, repair, and problem-solving.

Divorce: How to Protect Your Child

Research shows kids can cope with a divorce and come out ok. But often they don't. Here's why, and what you can do to protect your child.

How To Make a Fight With Your Partner Into a Positive Learning Experience for Your Child

Fight with your partner? If you can disagree with respect and affection, and work toward a win/win decision, that's great modeling for your child.

How To Do Damage Control When You Fight In Front of Your Kids

Conflict is part of every human relationship. So what exactly is a healthy fight? How do you minimize the damage in front of your kids when you're arguing?

Fighting Fair When you Live With Kids: Healthy Conflict Resolution

Modeling healthy conflict resolution with our partner or spouse helps kids learn how to work out disagreements for themselves as adults later. Here's how.

When There Is No Other Parent To "Hand-Off" To

Angry 3 Year Old Prefers Dad

Mom struggles with her own past and anger issues, while dealing with divorce and a challenging, angry 3 year old who seems to prefer her Dad.

6 Year Old with Explosive Temper

An explosive child is an unhappy child and clearly this six-year-old is crying out for help. Here's how to offer help, in the most peaceful way possible.

Child Witnessed Father Beat Mother

Because the child witnesses this abuse and is traumatized, the child himself is at risk. But if he gets help to process his trauma, he will be fine.

Dad adjusting to new baby

Mom worries about husband's lack of bonding with baby and unrealistic expectations of her. How they resolve this will influence the quality of their marriage.