Domino Kirke Quotes

I'm not saying that every night of the week, my husband, ex-husband, our children and I all sit around together like one big happy family. But we do see each other frequently, and everyone loves each other, and we are all friends.

I don't know why my parents split up. I guess they just drifted apart, but I do know they stayed very good friends.

My kids have a great dad. I don't really want them to have a stepfather, and I don't think they do, either.

The thing is, when you have a child with someone, like it or not, you're going to have to have a continuing relationship with them.

Divorce is not easy, but if you genuinely put your kids first, that dictates the civility you should show each other. What example are you otherwise?

My eldest son, Jack, grew up with me as a 'part-time' dad.

Me and my dad are kind of distant since my mom and him separated.

I've never understood why the end of a relationship - especially one involving children - has to immediately signal a descent into hatred and toxicity.

It's not that, you know, when a relationship doesn't work and there are issues, you have to somehow work it out if there are children involved.

In the beginning, you tamp down the animosity for the kids' sake. I'm not going to deny that I went through the wringer. But I don't think I doubted we'd end up here. That was always my dream, that the kids can have two loving parents that show respect for each other. And I feel that's what they have.

I have had five phenomenal children, a great husband and, even though we are separated, we are good friends.

My second wife Bonnie Owens and I worked together after we divorced for a period of maybe 20 years. And I managed to stay friends with another wife. And then there's one that I don't mess with. Everybody's got one of those.

My parents were divorced when I was three, and both my father and mother moved back into the homes of their parents. I spent the school year with my mother, and the summers with my dad.

Once you do embark upon the separation or divorce process, it is very important to remember three key things: Be kind, be reasonable, be brief. Remember that this person will no longer be your spouse, but he or she will continue to be your co-parent, family member, and perhaps business partner in certain assets or entities.

I'm not a divorce monger by any means, but if you're not happy in a relationship, and you've grown apart, it's not healthy for a couple to stay together. It's better for kids to see two happy parents than two miserable parents.

I want my ex-wife and children to be happy.

Divorce, which was once no more than tolerated out of necessity, if that, has now become a right. Everyone is now free to divorce as easily as is possible. Yet it cannot be said that divorce does not infringe upon the rights of others. The rights of children to be raised in a family environment are clearly damaged by divorce, but this is not deemed to be a serious enough infringement to limit the right of divorce

Do remember to pick your battles when you start parenting your stepchildren.

My parents are not together, but they were both always around.

There are things that are hard about coming from a divorced family, but having two houses is not one of those things.

Just because you've been divorced doesn't mean you're not still a family.

I think that the idea of wanting to fight for your kids, but also knowing that your wife is probably better at it, is something that rings very true for me.

Even when people don't stay married, they can still be a family together. That's been something that's been really good for developing me as a person. It's been a very positive learning experience.

As a child, I remember seeing what a struggle it was for both my parents to accommodate and adjust to the idea of not being together. They cared for each other deeply; they loved each other. They just couldn't stay together because they wanted different things from life and sometimes, it happens.

All I care about are my children and that they are brought up properly and that they don't try to play their dad and mom against each other because they know we don't get along.