I will forever remember the moment the trajectory of my life changed. He was holding my hand across the table as we sat in the front window of our favorite local pub. It might have looked like a regular date night to a casual observer.
Read moreWe both felt it would be great for the kids, but the book didn’t come with an instruction manual. We had to work together to come up with a situation that worked…
Read moreUnlike most divorced couples Beth, 54, and Bill, 58, practice a parenting technique called ‘bird nesting’ which means that their three sons never leave the family home.
Read moreShe has shared the story of her family’s nesting co-parenting in The New York Times, Psychology Today, and other publications and websites.
Read moreIn this week’s episode of Divorcing Well, I chat with Beth Behrendt, about family nesting arrangements during and after divorce.
Read moreI’ve written about nesting and our family traditions before. How all sorts of things – from before & after our divorce – surround us in our home all the time.
Read moreAs I describe in further detail in my article for Divorce Magazine: nesting/birdnesting custody may be a way to benefit your family not only through continuity for the children but also by providing better financial stability.
Read moreUnlike a traditional divorce scenario, nesting means there is only one primary residence [This article originally appeared in
Read moreIn this episode, Susan Guthrie speaks with Beth Behrendt, a divorced mother to three boys who has successfully followed a nesting custody arrangement with her ex for six years
Read moreOur interview for The Journal-Gazette Bill and I, and our son, Jack, were interviewed for our local paper's first article about nesting. It was also the first time Jack has…
Read moreHi there! I’m Beth Behrendt (rhymes with “parent”). I’m a writer, mom of three boys, and nester. (“What’s a nester?” you ask? More on that below.) The “writer” part--I’ve been…
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