New Forum Discussion: Bringing Another Person into your Child’s Life?

Visit WeParent Connect to answer this question:  Just wondering what you all think about timing in regards to introducing a boyfriend/girlfriend to your child’s life? And should the other parent meet the bf/gf before your child does?

Get Connected. Be Supported. Join the Community!

Many of the resources we have found that speak to co-parenting focus on helping parents transition from one family format to a post-divorce/post-break-up structure. We have and continue to uncover great guidance for one of the most difficult to navigate events that may happen in many of our lives.

But, what happens after the transition? How do you find the support you need to manage the day-to-day reality of raising children between two households, interacting with your child’s other parent or mastering the art of family blending?

Consider participating in our online community, WeParent Connect. Through the community we hope to help people connect in ways that allow them to both find and create networks of support. Whether you’re just trying to stay on the track you’re on or to make changes in your parenting life and relationships, having other like-minded people there to listen, share, challenge and uplift you can make all the difference.

Here are a few things you should know:

• Signing up for our newsletter doesn’t automatically make you a member of the community.  You have to sign up for that separately by clicking on a link in this article or clicking on the “Join the Community” image in the right column of this website.
• Membership is free.
• You will make new friends, and I’ll be the first.  So, look for my invitation once you join.
• The community won’t be the same without you!

And, on WeParent Connect, you get to be the driver—of discussions, of groups, even of the look—as you share our thoughts, form groups around your interests or needs and post pictures of your families. We really are trying to build a positive space for the parents, by the parents.

So, we invite you to learn more about WeParent Connect, and then to make the leap and JOIN!

Official WeParent Challenge: Where the Bleep Are We Going?

The challenge has been issued!  In “Where the Bleep Are We Going?”, Talibah Mbonisi invited the WeParent community to not just consider, but to actually create a family vision statement…if you don’t already have one.  She’s not meeting you on the playground afterschool, but she will meet you in the Official WeParent Challenge forum on WeParent Connect.  And, if you visit the discussion, you’ll be able to download a tip sheet to help you get going.

Check Out “Drama Misty”

Don’t miss Drama Misty, the latest blog post from WeParent Connect member, Sara Shay Sullivan in which she poetically ponders the wonders of parenting a thirteen-year-old on the front side of womanhood.   Check out this excerpt:

Today Drama Misty decided for the third time in as many months that she’s, “never going to tell me anything again.” And after checking with Merriam-Webster for the definition of “never”, which for the record is synonymous with “tomorrow” in thirteen-speak, I realized we were headed to Act II, Scene 1 of the lifetime dramedy that is her life.  

Read the rest on WeParent Connect…

Join the Adult Children of Divorce Group

 

All of us were children once, and our experiences impact how we parent and co-parent.  Join our Adult Children of Divorce/Separation group on WeParent Connect and share in the discussion, insights and healing.

New Distance Parenting Group on WeParent Connect

Check out the Distance Parenting Connection group on WeParent Connect for tips, advice, information and support on how to be present, even though you’re away.

Just My Baby Daddy: Who Cares What We Call Ourselves?

Add your voice to the Co-spectives discussion about whether the labels we use to describe our parenting relationships really matter.  If you have a WeParent Connect blog, post about it.  And, if you don’t, why not start one today?

We’ll be selecting two posts to feature here on WeParent, as well as in our newsletter and on WeParent Connect.