Navigating Life While One Parent Is Frequently Out Of The Home
Maintaining a healthy and happy family dynamic can become an uphill task when one partner is frequently away. Coping with the absence of a loved one can be emotionally taxing for both the remaining partner and children. It is crucial to develop strategies to not only survive but also thrive as a family during such times. This involves fostering strong parent-child relationships by spending quality time together, actively listening to your children, and understanding their needs and emotions. Additionally, it's essential to teach your children to manage their big emotions effectively and reduce any feelings of overwhelm. By doing so, you can create a supportive and nurturing environment that helps your family to grow and flourish.
In this episode, Dr. Laura Anderson and Rhoda Bangerter tackle how to thrive as a family when one partner is away a lot. They explore how to maintain strong parent-child relationships, teaching children to manage big emotions, and ways to reduce overwhelm.
Rhoda Bangerter is a certified coach, a Speaker and the Author of “Holding the Fort Abroad”. Her husband has traveled for work their whole marriage and along the way, she realized the huge number of moms and dads around the world who experience the same challenges but with no resources to guide them through this journey. This led her to run extensive research, share her learnings through the book, Holding The Ford Abroad, and develop her services to support solo parents in long distance relationships or with traveling partners.
What You Will Learn:
What could chip away at a parent child relationship
Having a support system because your children are not your emotional support
Strengths that can emerge from this experience
The Dr. Ken Canfield model - I can, intentional and consistent involvement
Listen to the full podcast here.
Thank you for connecting,
Dr. Laura Anderson
Dr. Laura S. Anderson specializes in educating and supporting families, as well as clinicians who support transracial adoptive families, across the globe to overcome barriers, derive strength from their differences, and thrive. She is a dynamic advocate for multiracial families and a strong advocate for supporting "third culture" children and families who may need support with the stressors associated with living out of their countries of origin and kids navigating gender and diversity.
Contact Dr. Anderson here.
