Joint Child CustodyDealing with joint child custody of your children can be a difficult task with some parents. Often, feelings of anger and resentment toward your soon to be ex-spouse can subconciously hamper your ability to make sure you are following through on the custody arrangemnet you agreed to and is hopefully in the best interests of your children. It is extremely important at this time to take a deep look inward and recognize if your personal feelings are negatively affecting your behavior in your mutual childcare agreement. Ask yourself these questions:
Do I have the children ready to go at their scheduled visitation time? Do I delay bringing them home to my ex, make excuses or plans for which they will be late? Do I fight my ex when he/she occassionally needs to rearrange our agreement?
If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, it is time to recognize and take responsibility for your negative actions and how it may be affecting your children. You may even want to get into counseling to better understand and work through your anger and frustrations so your joint child custody agreement works for the health and well-being of your children. Here are some other articles I have written that may be helpful for you regarding child custody issues:
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This article was written by Melanie Cohn,LMSW a liscensed psychotherapist who has a private practice in the Metro Detroit area. If you are interested in counseling and live in the area click here for more information about how to get a hold of Melanie Cohn.
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