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4 Ways To Make Custody Exchanges Less Stressful for Your Child

One of the hardest aspects of co-parenting are the frequent and inevitable custody exchanges.  The process of transferring your child to their other parent can prove difficult for even the savviest of parents.  Especially in high-conflict co-parenting situations, custody exchanges can be extremely stressful and heart-wrenching.   Although your custody transfer days may never become your favorite...

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Top 3 Tips For Coparenting With A Jerk

Co-parenting is never easy. For most parents, the very idea of having to share ‘your baby’ with another immediately evokes a biological sense of loss that just can’t be soothed. And for those in high-conflict coparenting situations who are forced to coparent with an ineffective or abusive coparent, the hardship can be overwhelming. After 10 years of coparenting with a jerk, here are the top 3...

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Why Enlightened Littles Was Hatched

"The judge came to a decision.  Your parenting time will begin Fridays after school and end before school on Monday mornings."My heart sank. I couldn't speak. I couldn't breathe. Oh my god. I was the weekend parent. Of my own child. That wasn't enough. Not enough time to raise my child. Not enough time to enjoy watching him grow up. Nothing could fill the void that I felt. I had lost my boy. My...

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Look what just hatched.... Enlightened Littles!

We are proud to announce that a new line of innovative, enlightened toys and tools has just hatched!   Enlightened Littles (aka "Eli") is a new, oh-so adorable company that was founded on the belief that there should be enlightened and fun toys and tools to help littles understand the world around them. Eli knows every family tree is unique, and that there are a myriad of ways to lovingly help...

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