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1.3 Why can’t they make it work?

by Duffy Betterton | Oct 28, 2024 | Child of Divorce - Redefining Home

This is a hard question for sure. Sometimes it feels like it’s not that they can’t but  they won’t.  It is hard work to be in a relationship. It is hard to trust someone with your  heart, finances, and life etc.. It is often easier to build walls of protection but...

1.2 What could I have done to save it?

by Duffy Betterton | Oct 28, 2024 | Child of Divorce - Redefining Home

As a teenager and as a college age student and even as an adult I asked this question. Not so much as a child because I didn’t know enough at three and five to make those decisions. But as an adult I wondered what I could have done even as a child.  Is there...

1.1 Was it my fault?

by Duffy Betterton | Oct 28, 2024 | Child of Divorce - Redefining Home

Is/Was it my fault? First let me say this it’s not your fault – it’s just not. People are sinners and we live in a fallen world. Divorce is a result of broken relationships. It’s not your fault. There’s not anything that you could have...
The Divorce Helpbook for Kids

The Divorce Helpbook for Kids

by Duffy Betterton | Oct 13, 2024 | Child of Divorce - Redefining Home

This book was written to help kids 8-12 process through some of the thoughts and questions that arise as their parents get divorced. There are examples and stories to help children understand they are not alone. The author, Cynthia MacGregor, walks through a set of...
When Mom and Dad Separate Book Review

When Mom and Dad Separate Book Review

by Duffy Betterton | Oct 13, 2024 | Child of Divorce - Redefining Home

This book was written by Marge Heegaard. The subtitle, Children can learn to cope with grief from Divorce, is the focus of the book. With space and prompts for children to draw their feelings, this book helps children through the thoughts and emotions that come as...
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Welcome, Explore with me as I share my journey as a child of divorce in every phase of life. Read through the questions we ask and the answers I've found.

Start Here - My story

  • You are not defined by your parents
  • Wrap some truth around it
  • When Mom and Dad Separate Book Review
  • The Divorce Helpbook for Kids
  • 1.1 Was it my fault?
  • 1.2 What could I have done to save it?
  • 1.3 Why can’t they make it work?
  • 1.4 Why is family not helping?
  • 1.5 Where is the church?
  • 1.6 Did my parents ever love each other?
  • 1.7 Why are their hearts so hard?
  • 1.8 Do my parents still love me?
  • 1.9 Do I have to forgive my parent?
  • 2.2 Am I doomed to the same outcome?
  • To the divorcing parents – from a child of divorce
  • Strangers on a plane can relate
  • Delayed Healing
  • 2.9 Why does the pain come back so easily?
  • Beautiful Scars
  • So That… the answer is already there
  • Family
  • Natalie
  • Courtney
  • Anabel
  • Mike
  • Garden
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