Attorney
A child’s message about visitation:
Don’t ask me to take sides. Don’t make me chose between my parents
Treat me like a person, not a thing to be traded between you.
Let me talk to my mom in private. Let me talk to my dad in private.
Don’t ask about my time with the other parent.
I am not a messager between you two.
Let me tell you how I feel.
I want to spend a lot of time with both of you. Please make this happen. Let me go places and learn things with each of you.
Don’t tell me bad things about my other parent. Don’t say bad things when you know I can hear.
Don’t make me feel bad if I love both of you the same.
I am a child. Don’t treat me like an adult.
You are my parent. Act like my parent. You are supposed to raise me to become a good parent. Don’t act like a child.
Teach me to be a good adult by being a good adult, and that means your new “friends.”
Give me a secure home. I want to feel safe with you.