Sharing custody quotes

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Babies and teens may be able to weather a divorce, but elementary school may represent the worst age for divorce for children.

"Let your light shine" my mom got me a bracelet with that quote on it for when I was going to court to fight my ex from getting sole custody when we had already been doing shared parenting for years. He was "getting his pound of flesh" is how he put it to the court-ordered counselor in front of one of my sons. A way to make me pay for divorcing him.

It’s been six years—I thought I’d have the hang of this by now. With compassion, logic and a grown-up perspective, I’ve told my kids, many times, how they’ll get used to being at mom’s, then dad’s. The pain of being a part time parent never goes away.