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THOUGHTS ABOUT “SIGNIFICANT OTHERS”
The significance of the young child’s attachment and narcissism: Reasons for not involving significant others with your children while they are still adjusting to your marital separation and divorce generally fall into two main categories. They have primarily to do...
Preparing for Service
Listening as a way of becoming means discovering who you are (self-revelation) by hearing others. It requires losing yourself to find yourself says Jesus. One way to lose yourself is in service to others. Service above self say the Boy Scouts and Rotary. ...
HOW LAWYERS AND MEDIATORS VIEW YOUR STORY*
(*Your narrative of significant events that occurred during the marriage.) Judicial decisions are limited in two significant ways: By the limits imposed by statutes and by the practical constraints on how much detail a judge is willing and required to...
The History of Family Law Software, Inc.
The two founders of Family Law Software, Inc., Daniel Caine and Wendell Smith, were also partners in the company that developed the critically-acclaimed and best-selling income tax software program "TaxCut."TaxCut was a 4-time winner of PC Magazine's Editor's Choice...
Coronavirus update at Virginia Mediation
Virginia Mediation will offer Parent Education Classes as approved for Virginia Juvenile & Domestic Relations Courts using Zoom Video Conferencing for the first 20 who sign up. We have received permission by the State to offer the class by video and we have...
Thoughts about “significant others”
The significance of the young child’s attachment and narcissism: Reasons for not involving significant others with your children while they are still adjusting to your marital separation and divorce generally fall into two main categories. They have primarily to do...
If the other parent is bull-headed, then you must become a matador!
In the highly acclaimed book entitled Boundaries the authors tell us that if we, as listeners, practice “containment” the other parent will be less reactive, but they give us no practical techniques for learning how to “contain” when we’re trying to listen to an...
Retain control through mediation
By choosing divorce mediation you remain in control, and you have the freedom to make your own settlement choices. With the right mediator, mediation replaces litigation as the most peaceful, effective and efficient means of ending a marriage. You can even decide when...