A new E-book creates templates to tell children about divorce in a child-friendly way. Included in these templates are vital and supportive messages, such as:

You are loved
You will be safe
You are not to blame
We will always be your Mom and Dad
You're father's girlfriend is a whore

Well, maybe not the last one.
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Former New York City Mayor and rumored Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani has some campaiginging to do at home first. It seems his son Andrew blames his current estrangement from his Father on his stepmother, the former Judith Nathan. Haven't we all seen this before?

Yes, very old knots do comes undone. As they walked into the divorce attorney's office and announced they wanted to separate, the attorney suprisingly asked, "But you lasted this long, why divorce now?" The couple dryly quipped, "We were waiting for the kids to die." It's actually become quite a common thing for married couples in the the sunset of their lives to go their separate ways after having stayed together for reasons other than love. I don't know, if you're not in love, it seems there are happier solutions ... don't you agree?

A Wisconsin Jury has found John Brayshaw, the states 3rd most notorious deadbeat dad, guilty of evading over $260,000.00 in support payments. He faces up to 66 years in jail after being convicted of 18 felony counts after abandoning his family 10 years ago when he sailed his boat down the Mississippi. The worst part: his ex wife was forced to sell her house to pay for the boat, as in Wisconsin both spouses are responsible for debts incurred during marriage. Click, if you're not already on your way to Wisconsin to sink this guy.

A fascinating study as reported in The London Times revealed that most children would prefer to be from a broken home than to live in one. And most no longer view divorce as a tragedy. Hmm, perhaps things have evolved a bit for some families, but children still go through an emotional rollercoaster when it comes to divorce. If anything, as parents you need to always place their health and stability before the divorce. How have your children dealt with your divorce? more on children and divorce

Forbes.com has a fascinating counterpoint between Michael Noer and Elizabeth Corcoran. Michael advises, “whatever you do, don’t marry a career woman.” Elizabeth retorts, “Don’t marry a lazy man.”

Michael advises, “Marry pretty women or ugly ones, short ones or tall ones, blondes or brunettes. Just whatever you do, don’t marry a woman with a career.”

Elizabeth retorts, “The experts sited in his story think that professional women are more likely to get divorced, to cheat and to be grumpy about either having kids or not having them. But rather than rush to blame the woman, let’s not overlook the other key variable: What is the guy doing?”

Are professional women more likely to get divorced? Are men threatened by confident successful women? What’s it like to be in a relationship where the woman earns more than the man, and works longer hours? There are benefits to being married and there are benefits to being single, which do you prefer? Send your comments.

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Who get's the pets? Unfortunately, the fact we love our little companions so much can be a bad thing when it comes to divorce. And the reality is, they grow attached to us too. After a sincere plea that he was devastated because he had developed such a close relationship with his wife's dog, a court in Spain granted a man visitation rights to the much adored pup.
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