Parental Alienation
In many cases, parents are never aware of the damages they cause their children. When parents separate, there is a high likelihood that the children will be turned against the parent they do not live. Mediation can hep with this!
In many cases, parents are never aware of the damages they cause their children. When parents separate, there is a high likelihood that the children will be turned against the parent they do not live. Mediation can hep with this!
Instances of child abuse may remain unnoticed. Moreover, the child may be taken away from the parents whose main aim was only to protect their children. A plan has been put in place to help abusive parents correct their behaviour, with the aid of intense therapy.
This will greatly help the children live normal lives. Additionally, adverse effects of misdiagnosing parental alienation have to be put under consideration.
In many cases, parents are never aware of the damages they cause their children. Parents think that they are separating or divorcing with good intentions. They are oblivious of the problems piling on the children and onto the adults they are growing out to be.
Also, it will be very hard for the child to live with the non-resident parent since there is a negative picture painted about them. When the alienated parent is threatened with withdrawal of contact with the child, then the problem is only escalated, and the child still risks losing the touch of both parents.
Getting the opinions of the affected child on the issue at hand. This is by far the best shot at solving parental alienation. Forcing parents into therapy sessions to solve their relationship issues will offer very little in ensuring this issue is curbed.
Hence, counselling sessions carried out under duress would be very ineffective, and therapists will not accept to offer their services. Offering more permanent support and therapy to the child will go a long way at ensuring they heal from all that they went through. It will, in turn, aid them to grow into better individuals.
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Family’s are deeply affected by divorce or separation, especially when there are children in the family. Often these painful situations can be helped with the aid of a mediator who will hold a Mediation Intake Assessment Meeting or MIAM. MIAMs can soothe ruffled feelings and ensure that communal assets are divided equally, make sure that financial obligations of both parents are laid out and help to make the break as easy as possible for all the members of the family.
When attending a court proceeding on the matter, the family will need to present an FM1 (Family Mediation 1 form) which confirms that a MIAM has been held.
As of April 2014, significant changes were made to the judicial system regarding separation and divorces, particularly where children were involved. These changes ensure that the welfare of the children is paramount, with minimal impact on the children and as little negativity as possible. One of the major changes was a requirement for a mediation session or MIAM to be attended before any court proceedings to do with financial or custody matters (hence the need for a FM1 to be produced).
If the split is acrimonious and both parties find it difficult to be in the same room, as would happen with face to face mediation, it is possible to ask for shuttle mediation.
Shuttle sessions happen when the two parties are seated in separate rooms and the mediator shuttles between the two, discussing issues and offering solutions.
Shuttle mediation is often a good solution with distance between the parties allowing for rational and reasoned thinking.
Mediation sessions are now a legal requirement, and your ex’s lawyer will make this clear to him or her.
Offering shuttle mediation, in which they will not have to share a room while coming to an agreement, is sometimes a way to make the thought of mediation more palatable.
Mediators can also help with will disputes: resolving issues between heirs and coming to an acceptable compromise in the event that the will is ambiguous or unclearly worded.