Help Your Children Cope with Divorce

Children Cope, a non-profit organization, has been presenting the seminar, Children Cope With Divorce (or Transparenting) since 1993. The four-hour seminar is currently part of the local rule in Harris and Ft. Bend Counties. Parties filing for divorce in these counties, who are parents of children under the age of eighteen, are required to take a parenting seminar before their divorce is finalized. The local rule is upheld by the District Court Judges and their Associate Judges.

The effects of divorce on children can be negative and lasting. Children need to master certain tasks at each stage of their development - and must additionally deal with the divorce. Children Cope With Divorce educates parents and family members to help their children adjust and manage the additional tasks. The seminar helps parents shift their focus from their own personal stress of divorce to the needs of their children.