You might be ten, you might be 20, even older! But no matter what age you are, you know that when your parents get a divorce it hurts. You know because it is really crappy to know that your family has changed. It will never be the way it was. Here are some ways that you can deal with parents getting a divorce.

1. Take a deep breath when ever you need to.

2. Try writting in a jornal. It will really help to write all your feelings down.

3. You...

Texas Divorce Records are considered public records in all states although there may be variations in the way they are governed and treated from one state to another. To search divorce records in any of the states, there are basically two options: government or private. Government sources are generally thought to be free, albeit largely the contrary in Texas while higher expectations are placed upon private ones. Either will work and is a matter of individual preference or situation....

Einstein said the definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over again and expecting different results. You need to learn to be strategic in where you spend your precious energy. Here are some common energy drains and how you can plug them.

Energy Drain #1, - Pity Parties and Gossip-Mongering

It's natural to feel sorry for yourself and to enjoy the sympathy of others. However, don't make it a long-standing habit. What you focus your attention on expands....

The word “reconcile” brings a frown to many divorced couples' faces as they think of the long task that the word entails. Unfortunately, so many couples are suffering from the agony of divorce, which also affects their children and other members of the family. While they know that they can try toreconcile marriage, most don't really attempt to as they think that there is no hope left for them as a couple. However, this isn't really true-- it boils down to their own will and...

Recognising the traumatic situation, children are in; divorce courts pay utmost importance to child welfare. Other than deciding child custodial issues, the legal process is also interested in child residential issues. Placing paramount importance to child welfare, the parents, mediators or the court might arrive at different decisions best suited to each individual case.

Splitting Siblings to Live With Different Parents

Each family is unique. In families...

Children coping with divorce have difficulty because their perceptions of reality are forced to change. To understand their challenge, I have created a concept to help children and parents visualize the dilemma they face when confronted with these changes. It is called the “Lifeline;” that is, we live on a continuum which begins at birth and ends at death. Wherever we are at on the continuum, we tend to base our present beliefs and our future expectations on our past...

Are you thinking about getting back together with your ex husband? This is a massive step and one which shouldn't be entered into gently. Unless these tow following steps have been resolved you don't stand much chance of making a success of your relationship the second time around. But it may have been a mistake to end your marriage and getting back together might be the best thing for you both.

But 2 tips that you might follow to help ensure success would...

Divorce is never a pleasant experience. The emotions involved before, during and after divorce can be very painful, confusing, complex and sometimes frightening. However, learning from how others coped with the trauma may help one in picking up the threads and moving on in life...

Divorce is never a pleasant experience. The emotions involved before, during and after divorce can be painful, confusing, complex and sometimes frightening. Picking up the threads and moving on may seem...

If you just have a music CD collection to divvy up when you divorce, you can do a do-it-yourself divorce.

When you have kids, a house, investments and years of marriage, getting divorced becomes a nightmare. A big part of the nightmare is how you are treated by most family law attorneys. Your life is going to hell and you are just a recurring revenue stream for that attorney to make his Beemer payment, rent on that fancy office and lining his pockets with your hard earned...

The number of marriages has also been at a record low. So, there have been fewer divorces because few people have tied the knot. These trends reflect the zeitgeist, the spirit of the age, and it seems that residents of this island are losing faith in the institution of holy matrimony.

Why

There is no simple one-liner to answer why the divorce rate has gone up. This did not happen overnight. In fact, there has been a slow but steady rise in the number of...