Children in Turmoil

When marriages collapse - more times than not, children lack the coping skills to deal with parental conflict. Some reject a warring parent; others side with a parent they feel is ‘weak’ or ‘strong’ or align with a parent a child feels would be sad or lonely without them. Done & Dusted’s Caroline Counsel and Darren Mort discuss the ‘Refuse and Resist’ dynamic and what parents might do to support the child and address their adverse behaviours with one of Australia’s leading Family Law Clinical Psychologist, Vincent Papaleo.