Children who are caught in the middle of parental conflicts experience a whole gamut of emotions from shock to bewilderment to despair. It is often difficult to shield a child from this ugly scuffle, but it must be done as much as possible to lessen its impact on the child’s social development.
Avoid Using Your Child as a Pawn in the Parental Conflict
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It is a common misconception that joint child custody gives parents a 50/50 opportunity to care for their children after divorce. Most parents who file petitions seeking child custody rights have this thinking, but the reality is that at no single moment time can you share the child in equal measure. This can be confirmed from the analogy of King Solomon’s wisdom that sought to find the...
Every parent wants to be the best parent possible. The challenge can be very overwhelming! Parents are in a constant struggle to provide consistent and quality parenting as well as be productive providers for their children. Parental conflict arises in a couple of instances. The personal parental conflict is the individual emotional conflict of not being able to spend enough time with the...
Parental separation is a subject that is rarely discussed. When infants are separated from their parents, they cry. Separation causes anxiety from all ages. The pain of parental separation can be examined and ways of coping can be suggested. Let’s examine parental separation in some categories.
The teen that is finally going away to college; yeah! Well, this synopsis sounds wonderful but...
In family law, couples undergoing the divorce process can sign an agreement not to go to court. Known as Collaborative Family Law (CFL), the agreement not to go to court is binding upon the attorneys and not the couple. If one or both clients are unsatisfied, either may still take the dispute to court. However, they will have to find new lawyers. At its core, the CFL process is meant to...
Parents who are separated or divorced often fail to realize the extent to which child behavior can be affected by their conflicting expectations. Both parents love their children, and this may lead them to compete to retain the children’s loyalty and affection. The children are caught in the middle, and this confusion can result in a serious slide in their behavior.
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Separation is a common topic and totally relevant in society today. No one wants to admit to separation. The party that is separating from another usually has to justify the reason for separation. This makes separation easier to cope with. The party that is being separated from usually needs justification also, because this makes it easier for them to deal with separation.
How to cope with...
Unfortunately post separation issues can still pop up after a divorce is long over. For some, it may seem like the turmoil of divorce will seemingly never end. Many families discover a whole new set of problems when one parent or both move on and start new families. The creation of the new family often creates tension and emotional havoc upon the existing children.
Inevitable Issues When...
During the last decade, an innovative approach to divorce, which avoids court proceedings altogether, has been providing a new kind of role for social workers. Instead of the traditional adversarial system, in which each side either wins or loses, Collaborative Family Law, or CFL, focuses on a teamwork approach, in which the parties have legal support, but settle between themselves.
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Parenting conflicts are one of the biggest issues that take families back into the courtroom again and again during separations or divorces. Not only is this an expensive way to resolve conflicts, but it is stressful on both parents and children. Luckily, there are other ways to resolve these conflicts. One of the best ways is through the use of a parenting coordinator.
Parenting Coordinators...
