Parents who love their children will always put their children
first. Won't they?
What if they are separated and don't like each other very much?
That shouldn't make a difference should it?
What if they both think they are putting their children first,
but disagree on what represents best parenting in a particular situation?
I’m reminded of a separated couple who disagreed on what school
their little girl should attend, with the outcome that each tried to enroll
her at a different school and the schools quite properly both refused
to accept the enrolments because the parents had "equal shared parental
responsibility" for their child so needed to agree on this
issue. Ultimately, the Family Court had to decide where their daughter
would attend Prep.
The problem for this little girl was that she missed that
exciting first day of school that many of us remember well into adulthood.
She started school ten days late without friends she had made at
daycare.
Unless separated parents are able to develop strategies to
assist them in co-parenting their children, the children's futures risk being
fraught with difficulties and they may suffer negative psychological
impacts.
Help is at hand in the form of post separation parent training
programs and child focused mediation to assist parents caught in the blaming
culture of separation conflict to accept their separated status
and responsibilities as parents and to move on in a cooperative manner -
even if for no other reason than to give their children the best
possible chance of growing up as healthy adults who achieve their
full potential.
Mike Emerson, Mediator
For further information regarding our mediation services call 07
3839 7400 or email resolve@brisbanemediaitons.com.au
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