Hello! I hope you are all having a good June and enjoying the intermittent ‘summer’ weather?!
I was asked yesterday to contribute to a piece inspired by Gwyneth’s Paltrow’s instagram post over the weekend where she shared a photograph of her ex-husband Chris Martin, with their daughter on Fathers Day, and applauded father’s everywhere.
It was an example of healthy parenting following separation, and the journalist I was contacted by was hoping to build on that sentiment with a more in-depth piece looking at how to positively manage divorce.
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I thought with Mothers Day on the way I would re-post this piece I wrote for MotherWifeMe.com.
I am certainly not perfect on the ‘not shouting’ front but I do my best to follow my own advice! I hope you like my thoughts, please leave yours at the bottom. Cat x
All children will ‘behave badly’ at some point or another. Some parents seem to cope better at these points than others, but we can all learn their secret.
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As a relationship counsellor I frequently hear about moments of family strife, many of which seem to come at times which are ‘supposed to be’ wonderful and stress-free; such as setting off on holiday!
My two children are aged 7 and 4 and, being a British Army family, I have moved house 6 times in the past 7 years as well as taking numerous road trips and short breaks, usually to pass the time during weekends and holidays when my husband is away.
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