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9. “What do you think your spouse needs?”

Stephen Erickson and Marilyn McKnight, wonderful family mediators from Bloomington, Minnesota, are fond of saying, “The only way to get a good result in a divorce is to work for a good result for the other parent.” This is so obviously true that one wonders how our society continues to entertain the myth of one parent winning out over the other in divorce.

The best family attorneys know that cooperative accommodations between parents are absolutely necessary to raise children. For the sake of your children, consider building that “emotional bank account” between you and your co-parent. Not only might you find that more of your requests are honored, but your children will have the incomparable blessing of knowing that their parents are a team working for them.

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