University of Minnesota Extension

WW-06780     1997  

Parents Forever: Pathways to a New Life Educator Guide

Topic

Essential Elements For A New Life

Purpose

To review with parents changes that need to be made in order to move on from divorce

Instructions

  1. Display Overhead "Essential Elements For A New Life"
  2. Discuss these elements with parents. Remind them that cultivating each element is a process, and that parents sometimes find themselves going two steps forward and one step back.
  3. Emphasize that making each of these elements a part of their lives is a slow process that requires patience and time.
  4. Refer parents to Parent Handbook, "Letting Go," "Redefining Parental Roles," and "Developing New Social Ties."

Overhead

Essential Elements For A New Life

  • Letting go
  • Redefining parental roles
  • Developing new social ties

About the Parents Forever Program



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