Holding Your Divorce Together in a Positive Way for the Kids

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
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0:15.6	Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM Triumph and connect with me 24-7 at Dr. Laura.com.
0:25.4	I read this email this morning. I don't normally start the program with an email.
0:31.5	However, I read it several times. It's very short.
0:44.8	And I thought, wow, two people who could not hold their marriage together,
0:51.4	yet is holding their divorce together in a way that's positive for the kids.
0:55.8	I bet you're sitting there thinking, what in hell did you just say? Listen to the letter. After listening to your deep dive, the do's and don'ts of divorced parents,
1:07.0	I wanted to share the parenting plan my ex-husband and I came up with.
1:11.8	The kids were toddlers when we divorced.
1:15.1	I'm trying to figure out how you go about the process of making two little kids and then
1:20.9	decide you don't want to stay together.
1:22.9	What the hell is that about?
1:26.0	Anyway, the kids were toddlers when we were divorced and once it was finalized,
1:31.7	we sat down to talk about how we were going to raise our boys. What? We couldn't do that as a
1:36.5	married couple. Okay, I'm having trouble with this. Just stay with the program. Okay, I will.
1:44.0	I knew they needed their father in their lives
1:47.4	so i wanted to prioritize time with their dad we had the financial means to add a private entrance
1:59.5	bedroom and bathroom onto our house, so we decided that's
2:05.6	where he would live. He could come and go as he pleased and then join us for dinner and
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