A divorce can be devastating on the children, but doesn’t have to be. According to the Census Bureau, about 50% of all first marriages end in divorce today and about 2/3 of these divorces involve kids. Parents are often conflicted and worried about if they are doing the right thing and what the effect will be on their children. Children are generally feeling insecure about what their friends will think, what their own future holds and how things will change. The good news however, is that recent research shows that despite all the worry, about 80% of children with divorced parents grow up to be successful, well-adjusted adults. The ball is in your court, and as a responsible adult, you can take action to help your children adjust during this difficult time by educating yourself with the most current co-parenting skills and techniques.

Online Parent Class is the educational approach that every divorcing parent needs to help establish a safe, well-balanced new household. If you are taking it for a court order or self-improvement purposes, it is the perfect solution for the average busy parent who is juggling carpooling, school or work, and the children’s after-school activities and can’t conceive of adding one more thing into their weekly schedule. Online Parent Class is a 100% online alternative to driving across town to a traditional classroom. The course can be accessed from any web-based computer and becomes immediately available upon registration. The participant simply reads through the information on the screen from his or her IPad, PC, Laptop or Smartphone and at any time of the day or night. The bottom line is that you can do your learning while the kids are napping, while you are waiting for their ballet class, while they are watching a home movie, or after everyone has gone to sleep.

Taking this type of class from the comfort of your own home will give you the private, relaxed time you need to learn what is best for the kids. The chapters are divided by topic and cover issues like how to manage your stress and anger, understanding the legal process, the importance of role modeling, how to help build self-esteem, rewards and consequences, parenting styles and co-parenting teamwork. The program will also focus on what mistakes not to make and different conflict resolution approaches to help your relationship with your ex.

We have enough years of researching divorce in the U.S. to know what is crucial to positive outcomes. One of the best things you can do for your kids is to set routines and boundaries. Children thrive when they know what to expect. So at least while they are in your home, remain consistent! Also learning about the different stages of your children’s development will help you understand their age appropriate emotions and how best to talk with them about what is happening. This is all information that has been thoroughly researched and is readily available for divorcing parents to utilize at their own convenience.

We now know that divorce can have positive results for everyone involved. Children aren't doomed to a rocky future, but can grow up and have healthy long-term relationships. It’s possible to make two separate households work with your ex-spouse in order to raise happy, stable children. Education is the key to success and taking an online co-parenting class is your first step to getting there!

It’s funny because when we get married and have children, we get all caught up in the planning of the nursery, baby showers, clothing, how we will feed them and who will stay home to take care of the child, but rarely do we discuss with our spouse exactly how we’ll raise them. In most cases, the parents have ideas about how they were brought up and want to simulate or alter that plan in some way. The first year or two goes by and everything is fine because there isn’t much in the way of disciplining yet. However, by the time the terrible twos hit, each parents’ parenting style begins to emerge. This can cause major problems if it turns out that the two caregivers are not on the same page and are responding in completely different ways. One parent might feel that the other is too strict, so they respond by being more lax. It causes tension and the kids quickly learn whom to turn to when they want something.

In order to avoid this possible pitfall in your marriage and relationship with your kids, it’s advisable that parents talk about this subject and work out the discrepancies prior to having children or as soon as problems begin to arise. The longer the undermining behavior continues, the more tension and aggravating situations will surely present themselves.

For parenting ideas on how to get the best results from your children, and for an organized way of learning new material, try taking an online parenting class. We know that most couples are super busy in the months prior to the new arrival and of course once the children are here, it’s difficult to pull away to get to a formal classroom course. Online parenting classes are a great way to learn cutting edge, thoroughly researched techniques without having to leave your own home.

You can be sure that you are enrolling in a high quality course if it is Better Business Bureau approved, has a customer service helpline, and is designed by someone who is truly an expert in the field, like a practicing Family Therapist. Taking a class together with your spouse from any Internet connected computer device will help you grow together as a team. You will learn such important aspects as the different parenting styles, why empathy is so important, role modeling for our kids, effective communication skills and conflict resolution approaches. You will also learn positive disciplining techniques and how to build self-esteem in your children. The stages that children go through during each age are also discussed so parents can understand if there are developmental issues at play.

All this information from the privacy and relaxed environment of your own home or anywhere in the country that you might travel to! Online classes can be accessed 24/7, so there is no need to miss work, school or family time to attend a traditional bricks and mortar classroom. There is nothing to print out, no workbooks to fill out, and no teacher’s schedule to follow. It’s all self-paced and the class can be entered and exited as many times as necessary until the course is completed.

An online parenting class will give you the confidence and teamwork abilities that you need as a couple to raise healthy, successful children.

The way in which you handle your divorce and bond with your kids at this difficult time will affect them for the rest of their lives. It’s extremely important during this sensitive period to support each other and work together to handle all the changes. This means effectively listening and communicating with your kids so they know their feelings are being heard and understood, in other words, really connecting with them.

The Authoritative Style of parenting has proven to be a successful way of raising children. This style is generally more democratic than the Authoritarian way many of us were raised in the ‘60’s and into the ‘70’s. With an Authoritative approach, parents spend more time listening to their children, expressing warmth and nurturing, and allowing them to express their opinions. Interactive discussion with the children gives them the opportunity to problem-solve and encourages independence. However, Authoritative parents don’t just let their kids rule the roost. In these types of households, rules and regulations are established with fair and consistent discipline. Children thrive when they know what to expect and in the long run, studies show that kids who are brought up in this environment tend to be happier, have good social skills, have strong self-esteem and are generally stable people.

During a divorce situation there should be a heightened sense of focus on the kids. Although a grieving parent might just want to focus on his or her own emotions, research shows that the kids need to come first! This is why divorce courts across the country mandate that parents going through divorce take parenting classes. In these classes, parents learn how to provide appropriate goals and limits for their kids while promoting a healthy household environment.

The good news is that divorcing parents no longer need to be frustrated by having to go to a parenting class that meets once a week and takes away from work, school or family time. High quality online parenting classes are available from any Internet connected computer device. This means that caregivers can fulfill their court requirements and gain new skills from the privacy and comfort of their very own homes! All that needs to be done is a quick check with the court to make sure that they will accept an online class.

Standard 4-hour parenting classes generally cover the basic court mandate. Advanced 10, 12, 16 and 26-hour lengths are also available for high-conflict situations. Online classes are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, so the parent can take them whenever free time is available whether it be while the kids are at school, napping or late at night after everyone has gone to sleep. And, everything is completely on the computer so there are no workbooks to fill out or papers to keep track of. At the end of the course, the participant simply takes a multiple-choice exam. The test can be retaken as many times as necessary to receive a passing score of 70% or better.

Upon successfully finishing the online parenting class, a Certificate of Completion is sent out to the address designated. This is the official documentation that the court system looks for to prove the class was taken. It’s definitely the most stress-free, educational and interesting way to learn new parenting skills!

Online parenting classes for divorce are a highly effective way of completing your court order while learning new and improved parenting skills. Parents who have already been raising children for years might initially be put off by the idea of having to take an academic course this late in the game. However, these programs are designed to help parents understand that they need to redirect their attention from their own personal divorce issues to focus on the needs of the kids instead. In most cases, divorce is not the first choice. Parents have spent months or even years trying to work out their relationship problems to keep the family together. However, when the decision has been made to split, it is critical that parents understand how important it is that they help the children readjust to this life change.

The good news is that parenting and co-parenting classes for divorce are now available to take online rather than in a traditional classroom. This is beneficial for busy parents who are trying to juggle work, school, the children’s activities and family life and don’t have the extra time to carve out of their hectic schedule to get to a weekly one hour class across town. Online classes are accessible from any computer device that is connected to the Internet and at any time of the day or night. What this means to the typical busy parent is that they can fulfill the court requirement from home after the kids have gone off to school, during naptime, during lunch from a desk at work, or even at 11 p.m. at night after the lights are out for everyone else in the family. The class works around your schedule instead of vice-versa.

Online parenting classes are extremely user-friendly so the participant does not need a great deal of computer experience to accomplish the course. The caregiver just enrolls at the click of a button and the class becomes available to read on the computer screen. There is no messy paperwork, no workbooks to fill out, nothing to download. Nothing needs to be added to the stack of papers on your desk! The user scrolls through the class, takes short multiple-choice quizzes and a final exam at the end of the program. When the final has been passed with a score of 70% or better, a Certificate of Completion is awarded and sent out to the participant.

Testimonies from clients across the country agree that taking an online co-parenting class is not only convenient, but an interesting and fun way to learn new parenting skills. Co-parenting classes for divorce help parents learn to put their child’s needs first, teach effective listening and communication skills in order to maintain and strengthen their bond with the kids, and how to best handle the inevitable conflicts that will and do arise. It’s important to realize that you are setting a life long example for the kids, and how you handle this divorce will help establish their confidence, stability and feelings of safety.

Learn how to avoid the stigma of a “broken” home by creating two separate but consistent households so your kids look back with fond memories of their childhood!

Are you going through a divorce with someone that you just don’t recognize anymore? There was a time that you were in sync, in love and had great plans for the future, but things have changed and instead you are in the midst of a huge custody battle? We recently had a client call in with the story that the other parent was doing everything in her power to make his life as miserable as possible and was using the kids as sounding boards and intermediaries. This is absolutely the wrong approach and is detrimental to their long-term psychological health. The bottom line was that the court had ordered them to take a high-conflict parenting class, but he travels for business and couldn’t make the weekly classes at the local community center but a deadline to complete the course was looming. He had two questions. First, will the court accept online classes? And second, how long of a course did he need because they didn’t specify. He was rather distraught, worried that he wasn’t going to be able to jump through the court’s hoops in time.

The good news is that high conflict parenting classes are available online for this very reason. Online classes are accessible from any web-based computer and at any time of the day or night. This convenience enables parents who travel for business, don’t have childcare to leave the home to attend a course, or are just too busy to get to a traditional classroom each week, the option of learning the material online. We instructed the gentleman not to panic but to go to his judge and request approval to take a 10-hour co-parenting class online. A basic parenting course is generally 4 hours in length, but when the judge is referring parents to a high conflict class, it’s usually 10 or more hours. The extended length coincides with the depth of information the course covers. Both classes cover the same topics, but the 10-hour class goes into more detail.

Often in high conflict divorce situations, one or both of the parents is having trouble thinking flexibly, controlling their stress and anger and are over reacting to situations that arise. If you are sharing custody of children, it’s important to keep your negative feelings about your ex away from the kids. Talk to your friends, counselor, and parents, anyone else but them. Online co-parenting classes teach ex-spouses how to take responsibility for their actions and more effectively deal with stress management utilizing specific researched techniques. Furthermore, a 10 hour program will detail how to communicate and listen to the other parent in a positive way to gain solutions. Learning how to resolve conflict and set up two separate households that are working, as a team to raise the children in a similar way is the most beneficial outcome for the children involved. The bottom line is that kids need to feel safe and have stability and one way to provide this for them is to do your best to get along. Remember you are their role models and the way you behave now is what they will emulate and remember for the rest of their lives.

Take a 10-hour high conflict co-parenting class online to avoid parenting mistakes and learn to work as a team!