Divorce and Children’s Mental Health
A recent article in the journal World Psychiatry (2019 Feb; 18(1): 100–101) highlighted the ways in which parental divorce or separation can have a significant impact on children's mental health. Research has shown that it is associated with an increased risk of...
Supervised Virtual Parental Visitation
To be sure, the coronavirus pandemic has presented a number of challenges for children and families. Children and parents are home more often, learning and working virtually. The pandemic has forced family courts, community stakeholders and parents to navigate an...
Parental Denigration and Disparagement
The association between parental divorce and its potential negative impact on children’s psychological functioning is well-established (Lansford, 2009). While not all children of divorce have adjustment problems, divorce has been associated with poor school...
In the Courts: Online Court Evaluations
COVID-19 has imposed many challenges on families, the legal community and mental health practitioners whose role it is to evaluate families and make recommendations in the best interest of the child. We are relying on remote technology to conduct Forensic Family Court...
Co-Parenting in COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic can add to the stress of co-parenting, it can also help parents overcome their issues and work together to safeguard the children they both love. Special considerations for two-household families Ideally, co-parents should have a plan in place to...