Dessa Schellenberg CLM 3U

Child Custody Editorial

Getting legally divorced is a long
tedious process that can take lot of
money, resources and time. But what a
lot of people dont understand is the toll
that custody battles have on kids.
Children are usually used as pawns in
divorces, a way to get more of what you
want out of your ex-spouse.
happens more often than people
understand because of all the children
being neglected by their parents.
A lot of child custody issues can
be figured out by only a mediator, they
don't always need a judge unless the
parents of the children cannot work out
the issue on their own. Dragging kids
into issues like this isnt fair for them
because of what t can cause. Many
children grow up with abandonment
issues, anxiety, separation anxiety,
depression etc The toll this has on
their mental health can be detrimental.

With infants in a custody battle,

they are often given to their mom unless
she has been found by a judge or Child
Protective Services to be an unfit mother
as it is almost vital for infants to be with
their mother. In many cases, the custody
is only temporary until the child reaches
In conclusion, child custody
a certain age then it is revisited and they
battles are not fair to anyone, but they
have to go through the whole process all
are extremely unfair for the children
over again which can leave the chd with
who didnt ask to be brought into them.
the emotional trauma of being thrown
The problem is parents dont always
back and forth between parents.
think of the childs best interest; they
When a parent or 2 parents are think of the way for them to get the most
seen as unfit, the kids will either be sent out of it. To solve the problem, parents
to relatives, or ultimately put into foster need to think of the child instead of
care where the province owns them. themselves.
This is the worst case scenario, but it