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Can You Discuss the Kids? |
One of the biggest mistakes that one can make is to try to take full
custody of the children in order to punish the other parent. Over
and over, studies have shown that one of the most devastating things a
child can endure is a divorce where the parents are continually at battle.
When is comes to children, one of biggest arguments in favor of mediation
is that it sets a foundation of cooperative co-parenting with a
parenting plan designed by the parents themselves. Parents should
always consider that the meeting of the children's needs is paramount to
their "emotional survival".
Typical parenting agreements usually address the more obvious issues such
as where the children stay on certain days of the week,
educational/medical needs and decision making responsibility. At
Carolina Divorce Mediators, we pride ourselves on helping you create
parenting agreements that are thorough as well as workable, taking into
account all of the needs of the children and the parents. Such
agreements reduce the amount of future conflict that you might have with
your spouse.
You author the plan together -- as the parents.
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