by admin | Jul 31, 2019 | Conflict, Divorce, Family, Mediation
When you split from a partner and children aren’t involved, you don’t have to see each other. This allows time to heal and process the split. Separated parents don’t have that ‘luxury’. Their children need them both and parents need to share information and make child...
by admin | Jul 17, 2019 | Conflict, Divorce, Family, Mediation
I’m nervous about my Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting ‘MIAM’. It’s normal to feel nervous but it’s a relaxed meeting and the mediator will do their best to put you at ease. It’s an opportunity for you both to meet and establish a rapport. The mediator will...
by admin | Jul 10, 2019 | Divorce, Mediation, Separation
Divorce is a huge trauma. Accept that it’s ok to be hurt and angry and that it will take time to heal. Talk, talk, talk. Confide in your friends and family and especially those who are good listeners. Don’t get bitter. There comes a point when it can be unhealthy to...
by admin | Jun 26, 2019 | Conflict, Divorce, Family, Mediation
A child’s long journey towards independence starts when it is born. A very long period of dependence follows into infancy through babyhood to childhood and beyond. Parents need to be in it for the long haul, ready to encourage independence and self-reliance,...
by admin | Jun 19, 2019 | Conflict, Divorce, Family, Mediation
Our children are not our belongings – they belong to themselves. If parents separate, children must not normally be cut off from a parent, who is after all half of their creation. Nor should their time be cut up in some cruel way without their feelings being taken...
by admin | Jun 12, 2019 | Conflict, Divorce, Family, Mediation
Parents know how perceptive children can be. Watch this clip of Tiana, a very intuitive six-year-old. Her parents had been arguing and she asked her mother to listen to her. Tiana asked both to stop fighting and be friends again. She asked them to calm down and to...
