The realization that a marriage relationship which once held the promise of a bright future for two people is coming to an end, is almost always a bitter pill to swallow, however divorce mediation can help guide frustrated couples successfully and safely through the potentially disastrous minefield of divorce.
The trauma of divorce can also be made worse because of the inherent issues that...
Children and divorce are often a recipe for heartache. Early childhood educators may know this better than anyone, as they are usually on the front lines of dealing with their student’s confusion and emotions. Besides offering support, educators are often drawn up into the battle as one parent or both attempts to gain an ally by presenting their side of the story (often with...
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
Some parents tend to be...
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...
Every day, somewhere in the world, you can be sure that there is a child claiming that they did not start a conflict, and you can be sure that there is a parent who says that they do not care who started it. This is a maxim by which parents live when they have rough and tumble kids, but it is also the way that children face a resolution process in a divorce. They are less interested in who...
