Taking an online parenting class during the transitional time of divorce can make good parents even stronger. Many parents worry about how the break up of the family unit will affect their kids. The answer is that you have the ability to reduce the amount of stress and pain your child goes through by educating yourself with new skills and by keeping their well being your top priority.
With one out of every two marriages ending in divorce, there is plenty of research to draw from that shows that children do best if both parents remain involved in their lives and do their best to cooperate with one another. As a parent, you can actively choose to make the process less devastating by providing stability in both homes, listening to your child’s needs and keeping a calm and positive attitude. The key to minimizing the emotional turmoil is to work together with your ex, no matter how angry and deeply hurt you might be.
In most situations, courts will mandate that parents take a co-parenting class prior to finalizing the divorce to help teach adults the skills they need to reduce conflict and raise children in a safe, stable two household environment. Our online classes are also greatly utilized by parents who come to us again a few years after divorce as their kids are hitting new ages and new behaviors. For example, one client called in yesterday saying that he wanted to revisit the topics because now that his kids were hitting their pre-teen years they were beginning to act up and had started pitting the two parents against each other again. He wanted to review stress management techniques to calm down before addressing them and ways to best speak with them.
Taking an online parenting class is a rewarding and effective way to educate or re-educate yourself on various parenting topics like boundary-setting, rewards and discipline, useful co-parenting strategies, blended family dynamics, and how to speak with your kids for the best results. Classes are designed to meet the requirements for court ordered parenting education, but can be accomplished at home instead of having to go into a classroom. Everything is 100% online, so you can sign-up and get going immediately. There’s nothing to download, no paperwork to keep track off, and nothing to print out. Participants simply login and out with any Internet connected computer device whenever it fits into their busy schedule. And, it’s completely self-paced so if you want to spend a couple weeks learning the material for a short time each day, you can. Or, you can choose to get through the entire thing in one sitting.