Teens & Divorce – Divorce Saloon

Teenage Divorce: On Why Teenagers Get Divorced at a Higher Rate Than Older Adults

Teenage Divorce: Why do Teenagers Get Divorced at a Higher Rate than Older Adults? The teenage divorce rate is pretty high. Scarily high. Close to 70 percent of married teens will wind up divorced. I personally think that teenage marriages are doomed out of the starting bloc. Frankly speaking, I don’t think that teenagers were not meant …

Teenage girls with their Divorced Dads. OMG.

On Twitter where I get a lot of my material these days, I just read a tweet from a woman, I think her name is Tiffany Bridgé who connects teenage girls and their divorced dads. Actually, our social media intern told me about it and so I checked it out. But what a job! What is …

Teens: When one parent's overly critical attitude towards the child leads to divorce

Teens are a handful to deal with, everybody knows this. For some parents, the pressure to have high achieving kids is great and they overcompensate for their own anxieties by flooding the child or children with an overabundance of criticism. This can cause great anxiety and if the strategy is not one shared by both …

Education Costs & Divorce: Judge Rules Amount Requested for School Tuition excessive

A UK judge has set a limit to the amount a divorcing mother could reasonably receive for tuition costs for her teenagers. The mother was requesting, in total, well over £150,000 from her former husband who is quite affluent and £60,000 was for out of school tutoring annually. The judge questioned how much of that …

On crafting a post-divorce parenting plan for teens

Teens and Divorce are usually a tough combination to circumnavigate. One of the main issues is custody & visitation. The challenge is how to craft a meaningful parenting plan that will be effective and that both teens and parents will love. Here are some of the things to consider in crafting a parenting plan that …

Concerned about how your teenagers will handle your divorce? What to look for, how you can help

Some time back, a MTV casting producer contacted us about posting an announcement on Divorce Saloon. The network was casting a new docu-series about teenagers and divorce and were looking for participants. We were happy to post the announcement and tweeted about it too. But it occurred to me that we haven’t targeted a whole lot of …

After the divorce: So now that your teen is heading to college what is your ex legally required to pay?

MORE THAN HALF YOUR SPOUSE'S RETIREMENT BENEFITS

So what’s the deal with college tuition? Typically, your ex will be ordered to pay something towards tuition especially if you and your ex and your family members went to college. The in state tuition rate at the public college in your state is usually the benchmark. But for high income couples, obviously, that will …

Been awarded custody but your teen doesn't want to live with you?

WHEN YOUR TEEN DOESN’T WANT TO LIVE WITH YOU, AFTER DIVORCE I did Lisa Decker’s teleseminar tonight where she was speaking with author Ellen Kellner who has written a book about post-divorce parenting in a pro-child way. Ellen’s website is at www.theprochildway.com. One of the things she talked about is the need for parents to …

So your teen wants to divorce YOU

Teens, generally speaking, can be mercurial creatures, can’t they? And they can also very dramatic. The idea of “divorcing” their parents is not one that the average teen today would find unthinkable. It is not just the movies that we see this happening. The law even allows teens to “emancipate” themselves and to be declared legal adults. Many …

How is your divorce really affecting your teen? Check out the non-verbal cues

Grannie always said “actions speak louder than words.” And that is so true. The website TalkingTeenage.com left a message on our tweetdeck yesterday which was “pay attention to what teens are not saying, watch their behavior.” That was a great point. Parents who are divorcing may not be aware of how deeply this is affecting …