Relationships break down, and children are often caught in the crossfire

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Relationships break down, and children are often caught in the crossfire

Jo Scott-Jones

Jo Scott-Jones

Parents fight around children
Warring parents can use a child to score points against each other

FIRST TIME

Managing the health needs of a child when the parents are at odds needs skilled communication and a readiness to draw on all of the external resources available

In an effort to show someone else is an unfit parent, to try to gain custody, to make an adjustment to visi­tation rights or simply to hurt the other