Posts Tagged "effects of divorce on children"

Child Nesting: How it Can Lessen the Negative Effects of Divorce

Posted by Gillian Lowndes on Oct 14, 2013

I recently attended a presentation advising parents who are parting ways on how to lessen the negative effects of divorce on their children. The main message Lynette Roux of the South Africa Association of Mediators passed on, was that children, particularly younger ones, need regular contact with both parents. In fact the ideal situation for the custody of children is for them to have short periods of contact with each parent every day. Inevitably though, the reality very often doesn’t accommodate this “ideal solution” suggested. Many divorcing parents are unable to make regular contact due...