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Understanding visitation arrangements

I attend a lot of children and family ministry conferences. I’m also part of several KidMin Facebook pages so I get a lot of questions about children of divorce. Here are three questions children’s pastors asked about visitation issues. I understand the ‘every other weekend’ visitation schedule. I understand a child visiting the other parent on holidays and during the summer. But we Read more…

Posted: January 28th, 2019 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Co-parenting, Divorce Issues, Family Ministers, KidMin, Modern families, Visitation

Be an encourager for the little people this holiday season

When I was growing up, we went to my grandmother’s for holiday events. I remember when our entire family, including all the cousins, came together at Christmas, there were always two eating areas. One was in the kitchen at the kitchen table, and that’s where all the kids or, as my grandfather would say, “the little people” would eat. At the nice dining-room Read more…

Posted: November 19th, 2018 ˑ 4 Comments
Filled under: Accept the Challenge, Co-parenting, Divorce Issues, Holidays, Modern families, Single Parents, Step and blended families

Question of the week: Can you help me understand child visitation arrangements?

“I understand the ‘every other weekend’ visitation schedule. I understand a child visiting the other parent on holidays and during the summer. But we have kids in our church whose attendance is so sporadic. We never know when they are going to show up.” “We have custodial parents who say they have custody but they come to us with horrific tales of woe. Read more…

Posted: September 29th, 2014 ˑ 4 Comments
Filled under: Accept the Challenge, Attracting families, Divorce Issues, Question of the week, Single Parents, Step and blended families, Visitation