Meeting Anger in Children

During times of transition and grief, parents often expect sadness…

Amicable Divorce: A Faster, More Efficient Path to a Financially Sustainable Separation

How a cooperative approach can help you achieve a quicker,…

Video on Collaborative Divorce

Collaborative Divorce Empowers you to resolve your…

Oregon Child Support Tips

Child support can be a confusing and sometimes contentious…

How Can I Better Understand Child Support In Oregon?

Child support is an important topic when divorcing couples have…

10 Tips for Talking to Kids About Divorce or Separation

Talking to children about divorce is overwhelming. You might…

Children are our future…

The idea of a “Children’s’ Bill of Rights” is not new…

Video ~ Collaborative Divorce : A Safe Place

Is Collaborative Divorce Right for You? Follow the true-life…

Celebrity Divorce Secrets: Why Mediation Works For So Many Famous Separating Couples (and Why It May Work For You In Oregon and Washington, Too)

Celebrity Divorce Secrets: Why Mediation Works for So Many Famous…

How Children Process Loss During a Divorce

As families begin the process of divorcing, understanding how…

Giving Thanks After a Split

When you’re a child of divorce, holiday celebrations can come…

The Friendly Divorce

What a softer, gentler, amicable, low-conflict divorce or separation…

What Is A Good Co-Parenting Relationship?

The effects of a divorce on the children involved can be detrimental…

Choosing a Child Specialist for your Child During a Divorce

Families often ask about the role of a child specialist in collaborative…

Can Divorce be Easy?

First, a couple of definitions:   Amiable Divorce: You…

Moms and Dads don’t give up on your other career dreams!

As a divorce coach and vocational expert in collaborative and…

Child-Centered Parenting During Your Divorce

As a Child Specialist, I have great compassion for the impact…

What is Co-Mediation?

Many family mediation matters are handled effectively by a single…

Tips for families to prepare for a Peaceful and Cost-Efficient Separation

Finances – Gather information on your monthly expenses, income,…

We, at Bridges, are Peacemakers

What Does That Mean? Peacemaking means processing differences…
Divorce and parenting balance

Divorce, Holidays and COVID-19

Co-parenting after a breakup is difficult to begin with. For…
Staying Sane

Staying Sane During COVID-19 ~ Creating Peace and Balance

Staying sane during this time of COVID-19 has become a challenge…

Collaborating collaborators…

Your Bridges’ professionals took Veterans’ Day away from…

Robin Williams on Conflict

Robin Williams (1951-2014) demonstrates CONFLICT with his Sesame…

What’s a “Bonusfamily,” anyway?

Bonus Families ® is the only international non-profit organization…

Welcome Metro-Parent readers

Welcome Metro-Parent readers… If you saw our tall, skinny…