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Senior year across two households: the ground rules, the year at a glance, and the FAFSA rule most parents miss.
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$29 · Senior year through the first semester of college, month by month, across two households. Aid forms, the big days, move-in, and scripts for the hard moments.
Buy$19 · Who pays, who visits, who decides, with a one-page agreement you both sign.
Buy$25 · How aid forms treat divorced parents, what your decree may say, and how to talk money without a fight.
Buy$35 · Why it happens, how to hold the line, 20 BIFF scripts, a parallel-parenting plan, a documentation log, and the money rule.
Buy$19 · What to say when an angry ex’s words arrive through your child, including disguised requests and the child made to report on your home.
Buy$25 · Keeping your kids out of the middle, whoever filed: what to tell them, interviews, court days and after the ruling.
Buy$35 · A workbook for the estranged parent: keeping the door open, a message bank and texting schedule, exercises, meditations, journal pages, and grace for the long road.
Buy$15 · Conversations about separation, moves, new partners and remarriage, timed around school.
Buy$15 · Six stages, from first mention to moving in, with scripts for everyone involved.
Buy$35 · A workbook on best practices, and on giving yourself grace while you do the hard work: your role, the quiet stepchild, triangulation, the long haul, self-care and journal pages.
Buy$19 · The moments that matter: holidays, graduations, performances, award ceremonies, tournaments, and what to do when you’re not invited.
Buy$15 · An honest self-check, what to tell your kids, and how to protect their season.
Buy$15 · Schedules, school portals, conferences and phones, across two homes.
Buy$15 · Grade 8 to 9 across two homes: try everything in ninth grade, then go deep, not long.
Buy$19 · Deciding together, the admissions timeline, paying for it, and giving your child a voice.
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BuyCo-Parenting with a Narcissistic or High-Conflict Ex, When Your Child Is Made the Messenger, When It Goes to Court, and When Your Child Won’t Talk to You.
BuyIntroducing a New Partner, For the Stepparent, Their Big Days, and Ready or Not? Dating Again.
BuyMiddle School Through Two Households, The High School Transition, and Private and Boarding School Decisions.
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