by Duffy Betterton | Oct 28, 2024 | Child of Divorce - Redefining Home
All of these people in my life, and it didn’t matter whether it was Baptist, Presbyterian, or Lutheran. The denomination was irrelevant when it came time for all of my parents to go through a divorce. Almost no one from the church really stepped in and said,...
by Duffy Betterton | Oct 28, 2024 | Child of Divorce - Redefining Home
Honestly this is a hard one. I do not have the answer for this. I sure wish that I did. But there are definitely times in all of my parents divorces that I thought “Why is our family not participating?” or “Why didn’t their parents or aunts and uncles speak some...
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...
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...
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...
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...
