If you’re experiencing conflict in your marriage is it better to contact a reputable Vancouver WA family lawyer and begin divorce proceedings or should you stick it out and stay married?
Do you think a divorce will adversely affect your children? Do you think staying married, regardless of how much conflict it creates, will benefit your children?
There’s more than one right answer. Every family and situation is different and it’s hard to say what is right or wrong for you and your children.
Yet, according to Ruth Bettelheim, a marriage and family therapist, children of divorce do far better in their lives then children from “high conflict families.”
She believes this is because children can cope with the one-time ordeal of their parents’ divorce. Also, children tend to benefit from being out of homes with a lot of conflict.
She also noticed that it’s not necessarily the divorce that scars children, but how parents act during the proceedings.
Bettelheim advocates mediation, or anything that helps parents avoid a destructive divorce.
Again, every situation is different, but it seems “what is in the best interest of the child” isn’t necessarily staying together or getting a divorce, but a lack of conflict between parents.
This article is indebted to the Child-Centered Divorce Blog.
If you’re about to go through a divorce in Vancouver WA, and you need a family lawyer, contact Lambert Law Office today.