It s even more bewildering if one parent remarries. Now they have to cope with adjusting to accepting a complete stranger as their mother or father . No wonder children wish their parents would stay together no matter how bad things are. Shared parenting Divorce is an ugly word. And when children are involved it s not just ugly, it s messy.
Most people decide to get a divorce after much deliberation and because they see no other way out.
However, a divorce is rarely as clean a break as they expect. If a couple has children, there is no way that they will be absolutely free of each other, even after a divorce. For the sake of the children, you and your spouse should try not to take an adversarial approach. Try to sit across the table from each other and make decisions regarding your lives and your children s lives keeping everyone s best interests in mind. Even if you re not married to each other any more, you should try to share the parenting.