If a person follows these steps the chances of having a manageable household is higher, other than not putting forth an effort in trying to keep the peace or dividing time. From the provided information not only will the parents be impacted but also the child. As we all know divorce is a stressful situation so being able to find any sense of relief would be good for the upbringing of each household. Considering the fact that during this time the process can be extremely emotional and confusing for the child and or children involved , my best advice to the parents is to never have the child choose . It will worsen the situation and the outcome of having a manageable household will decrease, and the chances of having a stressful household will increase.
I love that you try to show both sides of the relationship in the advice. You could do more of the telling the parents what else they could do besides not making a child choose. What are some more things that a child might want from their parents? What are some of the possible emotional worries that a child has when they have parents they don't see all of the time. Shed some light with some details. What do you say to the parent who only sees their kid(s) twice a week, or twice a month? What do you say to the parent whose son or daughter worries about how they interact when they are or are not together? You can add some examples to your summation that it's an "extremely emotional time."
ReplyDeleteAlso, you tend to have rambling sentences that have a lot of dependent clauses. You could use some shorter sentence structures to help make your points clearer and to add some tone. For instance, the imperative (common) structure seems very useful in such an essay. I might write: "Don't make a child choose sides." Such a command given its own breath on the page is often stronger than when you put it in too many "If, then," or "Considering..."
You tried to use all of the sentence starters from the blog post, rather than trusting your own gut at some point. Those phrases were meant to help your transition into the paragraph, but you should never get robotic and use all of the suggestions in such a short span. It's the difference between advice and necessity. Not every technique we discuss is a necessity at the time we speak of it!