Blended Families
What is a blended family?
A blended family is a family that has a step parent and possibly step-siblings
What is a custody schedule?
The arrangement between parents of when a child will be at each residence.
You miss your mother while with your father, what can you do?
Way to go!
Name three coping skills you can use when you are having a bad day.
Music, reading, dancing, walking, exercise, baking, journaling, etc.
What is the largest state in America?
Your mom gets remarried. Her new partner has a child named Brett. What would you call Brett in your family?
Your step-brother.
What is the different between divorce and separation?
Divorce can only happen when parents are legally married. Think of divorce as a legal term and separation more like a break up.
Your parent has become angrier since the divorce, what can you do?
Good ideas!
What coping skill has you write down your thoughts, feelings, concerns, experiences, etc.
Journaling
What are the 3 primary colors?
Red, blue, and yellow
What is the difference between a step-sibling and a half-sibling?
A step-sibling has no genetic relation to you and you share 50% of your genes with a half sibling.
What is the different between legal and physical custody?
Physical custody is the time you spend with each parent, while legal custody is the right for each parent to share in important decisions for the child, such as the school they attend, which doctor they see, participation in therapy, etc.
You don't like the new person your mother/father is dating, what can you do?
Good ideas!
What is the coping skill that can help you calm down by reducing your heart rate and giving you time to think.
Who invented the light bulb?
Thomas Edison
Name three concerns a child might have about a parent getting remarried.
1. They won't have time for me anymore.
2. They might not love me as much.
3. I might not like my new step-parent
4. I might not like by step-siblings
5. My other parent might get mad about it.
Name three fears that you have experienced during or after your parents' divorce/separation?
Thank you for sharing :)
You don't want to tell other kids about your mother and father's divorce, what can you do?
Awesome job!
Name three feelings you have felt about divorce or separation in your families.
Thank you for sharing! :)
In what country did the Olympic games originate in?
Greece
What is a Guardian ad Litum (GAL)
You want you parent's to get back together, but you know they never will. What can you do instead?
Great ideas!
What is the anger iceberg?
It is a way of showing that other emotions often lead us to become angry. In other words, anger is not a primary emotions, but a secondary emotion.
What year was the St. Louis Arch built in?
1963