Episode 172: A Kid with Two Homes with Bella Duncan
The Divorce Survival Guide Podcast
Kate Anthony
4.4 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever wondered what it's like being a child of divorced parents? This week, Bella Duncan of a Kid With Two Homes joins me to share her experience as a child of divorce. She shares her experiences of divorce, separation, and family conflict.
Bella is determined to make a change for the better. She has gone between two homes since her parents divorced when she was three years old. Growing up in two homes, she experienced firsthand many of the issues children of divorce face as a young adults. I learned a lot from my conversation with Bella. She is so smart and insightful at such a young age. She is truly remarkable.
Show Highlights
- Why Bella stresses the importance of communication skills between kids and their divorced parents (8:35)
- What high conflict means to a child of divorce and how it feels to be the child in the middle (12:47)
- "Being in the middle makes you feel like you are responsible for your parents' conflict." (15:52)
- Accepting your parents' divorce is an ongoing process and something you have to consistently work on, even as a young adult (22:47)
- A reminder that your child's perspective about your divorce can be vastly different from your own (25:09)
- Why a child should never feel responsible or guilty about spending quality time with their parents (32:03)
- How parents can do better for children of divorce (39:18)
Learn more about Bella Duncan:
Bella is an empowered kid of divorce who is determined to make change for the better. Currently, at 23, Bella has recently completed a Bachelor of Law and a Bachelor of Psychology. Bella has gone between two homes since her parents divorced at age three. Growing up in two homes, she experienced firsthand many of the issues children of divorce face. As a young adult, she was inspired to provide a helpful resource to help kids of divorce feel seen, heard, and less alone.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Divorce Survival Guide podcast, where we have open and honest conversations about co-parenting, separation, divorce, and the hardest question of all, should you stay or should you go. |
| 0:17.8 | I'm Kate Anthony, your divorce survival guide, and I'm here to help you navigate |
| 0:22.8 | some of the roughest waters you've ever swum in and answer some of your toughest questions. |
| 0:28.5 | I've been to hell and back, and now it's my mission in life to help you get to the other |
| 0:33.9 | side of this process with your sanity and your heart intact. |
| 0:42.9 | Hey everyone. |
| 0:45.1 | Welcome back. |
| 0:47.6 | So today, my guest is Bella Duncan. |
| 0:53.1 | And you might know her on Instagram as a kid with two homes. |
| 0:58.7 | A really, really cool conversation with someone who's been there as a child. |
| 1:04.3 | But before I bring you my conversation with Bella, I want to let you know that I'm going to be doing a couple more |
| 1:11.8 | Q&A episodes over the summer. So please get your questions in to kateanthony.com |
| 1:22.4 | slash questions. And I will hopefully be able to answer your question on the air. A couple of tips is to |
| 1:33.2 | keep your question as concise as possible and as relevant to a broader audience as possible. |
| 1:42.0 | If you have a specific question, you're going to have to go over |
| 1:46.0 | to the Facebook group and ask it there. But for Q&A episodes, obviously, these need to be |
| 1:52.9 | questions that are relevant to a broader audience and that are sort of concise into the point |
| 1:59.7 | so that I can read them and answer them on the air. |
| 2:03.8 | All right. |
| 2:04.6 | So, Bella Duncan. |
| 2:06.7 | Motivated by putting her words into actions, Bella is an empowered kid of divorce who is |
| 2:13.0 | determined to make change for the better. |
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