Christmas Conflict

In the Christmas Season is when conflict from the whole year can come to a critical point. The parenting issues you’ve been ignoring can be a problem. Minor differences in values and ideas can become magnified by pressure from family and friends to do things a certain way. Most often, mediation can help avoid Christmas conflict in a couple of ways. First it sets  the stage for discussion about parenting time before Christmas, when parents are less stressed. Second, it can provide clear boundaries at Christmas, so you can spend time with family instead of arguing over who gets the kids when. With mediation, you can incorporate as much or as little flexibility as YOU decide, rather than depending on a judge to set boundaries without knowing your situation. If needed, hiring a parenting time expeditor to interpret a judge’s decree or a parenting consultant to make those decisions if you can’t agree can be a smart move. Then Christmas can truly be a joy.

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