Co-Parenting With An Abuser: How to Help Your Kids, Yourself | Verbal Abuse in Relationships

There is a disconnect between the courts and having to coparent your kids with an abuser--how do you protect them--well its not easy. How do you protect yourself when trying to protect them--The courts are all about giving equal parenting rights and seem to poo poo any real crys for help--My friends are going through this now--I won't go into details out of regards for their privacy--but the mother married an abuser who is literally choking the kids and threatening to kill their father!!!! Yet the courts are lackadaisical about it--sigh--here is a good article for those of you questioning this.

Co-Parenting With An Abuser: How to Help Your Kids, Yourself | Verbal Abuse in Relationships: "It seems that the courts would have more sense when it comes to co-parenting with any abuser, but especially a proven-in-a-court-of-law abuser found guilty of domestic violence, child abuse, or any sexual crimes. There is a disconnect between criminal court and family court that endangers our children with the mistaken belief that two parents, of any sort, is preferable to protecting our children from dangerous people."

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