Welcome to NFRC Online

Welcome to the National Family Resiliency Center’s new online community! As a nonprofit mental health center (formerly the Children of Separation and Divorce Center, Inc.), we help children and parents through family transitions. We’re very excited to be able to enhance the support we provide to our online “family.”

Having worked with more than 23,000 family members over the past 24 years, we have a vast amount of experience and knowledge. We have the gift of our peer counselors - children, teens and adults who have also been through family transitions and want to give back and volunteer their time to reach out to others. You’ll meet some of them as our online neighborhood unfolds.

Our center and staff are dedicated to helping families experience a healthy family transition so that children can remain “kids” and not be “children of divorce,” and that you as adults can move forward with your lives without rage, anger, guilt and self/other deprecation.

We'd also like to tell you more about another online resource: Family Connex, a self-paced parent planning program customized for your blended family. Visit www.familyconnex.org for details, and we'll be talking more about this important resource in future blog entries and podcasts.

We sincerely hope that our new online connection will not only be valuable to you but will create new connections with many others out there like you who deserve, welcome and benefit from support.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Our Clients’ Best Ideas on Surviving and Thriving

A mom recently came in for her appointment and said, “ I finally got to take a shower.” A dad came in and said, “I should own a taxi company.” Life in the fast lane of being a single parent is not easy. How do parents survive and thrive? Here are some tips our clients have taught us:
  • Prioritize and make your children number-one; the house will always be there. Your flowers may not bloom but your children will if they are treated as number-one.
  • Ask for help with your children; you can’t do it alone!
  • Build a network of support among friends, colleagues and family. Some may provide you with emotional support, others may help you with car pools, while others may provide some childcare.
  • Join a group with others experiencing a family transition. You learn, you share, and you grow in a safe, confidential environment.
  • Take a co-parent education course to help you better understand how to help yourselves and your children and to help you learn how to co-parent in constructive ways.
  • Allow your children to love you and their other parent; this will foster healthy self-esteem for your children.
  • Give yourself a break each day, whether it is a 5-minute meditation, brisk walk, talk with your best friend—you deserve a break!
    • One of the best ways to survive and thrive is to create a parenting plan. NRFC’s online tool, found at www.familyconnex.org can help.
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