Conscious Co-Parenting After Separation with Dr. Marcy Cole #shorts

Name: Conscious Co-Parenting After Separation with Dr. Marcy Cole #shorts
Uploaded: 2023-05-06T10:15:02+00:00
Duration: 44 s
Channel: Claudia von Boeselager
Description: In this short, Dr. Marcy Cole explains that children are not inherently scarred by divorce itself; rather, they are harmed when parents fail to care for…

6 May 2023 · 1 min

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In this short, Dr. Marcy Cole explains that children are not inherently scarred by divorce itself; rather, they are harmed when parents fail to care for themselves and treat each other disrespectfully, creating a destabilizing environment of conflict. She advocates for an emotionally mature response: acknowledging that the marriage did not work, focusing on personal healing, striving to become friends, and most importantly maintaining a united front in co‑parenting to protect the child's well‑being.

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Children are not scarred by divorce. Children are scarred when the parent or both parents are not taking care of themselves and not respectful to each other. And so then the child feels split and they are sort of engaged in this system of conflict that is incredibly destabilizing. So the most high road, emotionally grown-up thing sometimes we need to do is to say, you know what? We thought this was gonna work. We hoped it would work. It's heartbreaking. It hasn't. But we are not really meant to go through life together as husband and wife, but we are committed to figuring our way through healing this, becoming friends ideally, and absolutely a united front on the co-parenting.