1. Speaking well of our co–parent.

Let your children hear nothing but good from you about their other parent. To run down your children’s other parent is to run down your children.

Give yourself up to 10 points on your Score Sheet for the extent you can say, “I never let my children hear anything but good things from me about their other parent.”

“Some parents desparately hold onto the belief that children are not affected by the parents' conflicts. Sadly, this just isn't true.”

Children and Divorce: What to Expect—How to Help.

—Archibald D. Hart