When you and your spouse decided to have a child, it was most likely a joyful time. From the moment of birth (and even before that), children steal your heart. You love them, care for them and protect them. You dedicate yourself to keeping your child safe, healthy and happy. Divorce shouldn’t change that.
When divorce becomes a battlefield, your children are the casualties. During divorce, parents must put aside their anger and emotions when making decisions about their children’s custody and support. They must separate their adult differences from the needs and welfare of their children and work together to make decisions that will support and provide for their children’s physical and emotional well-being. Therapist Rosalind Sedacca calls this child-centered divorce.
"When you create a child-centered divorce, your children win — on every level. Parents who make a concerted effort to sit down with each other and discuss the future well-being of their kids together, keep their perspective where it really belongs — on the children," says Sedacca in a recent article on the website Child-Centered Divorce. (Click here to read the entire article.)
Sedacca suggests divorcing parents ask themselves the following questions:


