The Legal Brief presented by the Farrar Law Firm

The Top 10 Steps you Can to Take to Help Your Child Through the Divorce Process
• Establish a cordial relationship with your former spouse.
• Do not discuss divorce disputes with your children or allow them to hear you discuss these issues with others.
• Do not speak against your former spouse or their families in front of the children.
• Encourage your children to continue their relationship with your former spouses parents.
• Never put your children in a position where they have to choose between their parents or decide where their allegiance lies.
• Reassure your children that you and your former spouse will always be their mom and dad.
• Don’t give your children false hopes of reunification.
• Make sure that you and your former spouse are united in your parenting.
• Divorce is not an event, it is a process. Allow yourself, your ex-spouse, and your children at least two years for readjustment.
• Ending your marriage does not mean an end to the family. Be sure to give your children time to cope with the event. Help your children work through their confusing and feeling of abandonment that they feel due to the divorce.