New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Ask the expert SEPARATION & DIVORCE How to avoid costly mistakes

What are common mistakes in the process of separation and divorce?

If love is a battlefield, divorce is a blood-stained Shakespearian drama! Rarely does one come through unscathed. If you want to minimise the pain and losses, try to manage toxic emotions. That’s easier said than done, but here’s why it’s important and some areas where you should exercise caution:

● Divorce is hard enough on kids, don’t make them suffer by dividing their loyalties or through character assassination of your ex-partner. They are half the other parent, so when you trash the ex, you’re also tearing them down too. This can come at a very high price to their emotional wellbeing.

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