Child-Focused Mediation
When parents are able to maintain a strong parenting alliance after separation, children have a secure emotional foundation. Many families need support to create or regain a stable co-parenting relationship. Mediation offers parents the opportunity to design their own post-separation parenting arrangements in a facilitated, constructive environment.
Parents seek child-focused mediation at all stages of post-separation parenting. Some parents come in before separation to explore how to navigate the transition in a way that best supports their children’s needs. Some are designing an initial parenting plan. Others have been co-parenting for a while and want to improve communication and decision-making or reduce children’s exposure to unresolved hostility and conflict.
Mediation provides an opportunity for both parents to discuss and explore concerns, options and ways forward. Each person has a chance to listen and be heard. A child-focused approach keeps the children at the center of the discussion. Throughout the process, parents are encouraged to carefully reflect on their children’s experiences and needs.
Mediation is voluntary and confidential.
Parents make the decisions and have full control over the outcome.
All agreements made in mediation sessions are draft agreements so that parents can seek legal consultation before submitting them to the court.
