Dr. John A. King offers advice for divorced parents on Mother's Day: prioritize your kids by taking them out, helping with gifts and cards, and reminding them to call their mom. Be the bigger person in co-parenting, even when it's hard.
So I was thinking, you know, it's Mother's Day and all, and a lot of us have been through divorces and we've got kids and stepkids and a range of stuff, you know. So here's a thought for you. Like, you might not get on with the ex, you might, you know, I'm not sure how it is for you, but just extend grace. Extend grace for your kids, you know, go out of your way, you know, take them up, get a present. Help them send a card, remind them to make a phone call, whatever you can do. Because, you know, you always sell what you have in order to get what you can't buy. And, you know, give what you can because it's just worth it. It's about, you know, sure, they might misinterpret it, they're going to take it out of the context, they might think you're weak and blah, blah, blah, but it doesn't matter. That stuff doesn't matter at all. It's about you just being the bigger and the better person. Have a good one.
