Your Family isn't "Broken"

When a spouse brings a divorce preceding against the other spouse, there are certain words that can get thrown around; legal terms such as custodial parent, custody, access, and also, a familiar one: “broken home.”  The term broken home can refer to a family run by a single parent, but in today’s modern family, it seems somewhat out-dated.

A chief concern from parents during divorce is that their children will become branded by labels, like “broken home,” and that other people will talk about them behind their back.  A good divorce lawyer will encourage his clients to avoid making comparisons to a two-parent family, but to reshape their own ideas, so their children’s outlook will be positive.

This way, kids can begin to see themselves for their own qualities, not necessarily disadvantaged (though a single-parent home has many challenges) or as “children of divorce” from a “broken home.”  Especially when modern families know a happy home isn’t always “traditional.”

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