101: What happens after divorce and how it impacts children
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This is the third episode in our series on parental relationships \\u2013 and the lack thereof\\u2026\\xa0 We started with episode 35, which was called \\u201cAll Joy and No Fun,\\u201d where we learned how children can be one of the greatest joys of a parent\\u2019s life \\u2013 but that all the daily chores and struggles can get on top of us and make parenting \\u2013 both in terms of our relationship with our child and our spouse \\u2013 something that isn\\u2019t necessarily much\\xa0fun\\xa0in the moment.\\xa0 And if you missed that episode you might want to go back and check it out, because I walked you through a research-based idea I\\u2019ve been using to increase the amount of fun I have while I\\u2019m hanging out with my daughter, who was a toddler when I recorded that episode.
\\nThen we took a turn for the worse in episode 36 and looked at the impact of divorce on children\\u2019s development, and we learned that it can have some negative impacts for some children, although the majority are pretty resilient and do make it through a divorce OK.\\xa0 For the last episode in the long-delayed conclusion to this mini-series we\\u2019re going to take a look at what happens after divorce \\u2013 things like single parenting and remarriage and stepfamilies, that can also have large impacts on children\\u2019s lives.\\xa0 We\\u2019ll spend a good chunk of the show looking at things that stepfamilies can do to be more successful.
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