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Beth Behrendt

Beth Behrendt – a freelance writer and divorced mother of three – has been nesting with her ex and their three sons for over six years. She has written about nesting for The New York Times, Psychology Today, and for celebrity-attorney Laura Wasser’s It’s Over Easy website. She has been interviewed on the topic on the Thank You, Heartbreak podcast, for the women’s magazine The Plum, and was profiled (along with her ex and their oldest son) in their local paper, The (Fort Wayne) Journal-Gazette. She and her ex, Bill, were featured in "Good Morning America’s" week-long series on marriage and divorce in June 2019.

Connect with Beth on her websites: Family Nesting and Beth Behrendt-Writer, and on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.

Blog posts created by this author

Here’s What My Kids Like About Nesting (And Yours Might, Too!)

The passage of time has encompassed loads of development and changes and growth in their lives. And yet, here we are after all this time, still nesting. Our kids still call the same place “home.”

Bird Nesting After Divorce: Honoring Our Family’s History

Because of our co-parenting arrangement – also known as bird nesting – we’re surrounded by memories of how our family came to be.

8 Books That Helped Me Create My Perfect Life after Divorce – And Not One of Them Is About Divorce!

Divorce, for all its worry, sadness, and challenges, also provides the opportunity for creativity to run untethered and for unforeseen opportunities to enter.

A Very Birdnesting Christmas

How a nesting co-parenting family celebrates and keeps important family traditions alive.

Nesting After Divorce Can Actually Save You Money

Unlike a traditional divorce scenario in which the children move between their parents’ houses, nesting means there is only one primary residence and the children stay put. Learn more here.

The Benefits of Nesting Co-Parenting

Nesting (or “bird-nesting” as it’s sometimes called) means the children stay in the family home after the divorce while their co-parents move in and out to care for them.