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WHEN family mediator Jonathan Toussaint asked a 13-year-old boy recently what message he wanted to give his separated mother and father, the boy replied: “I have two messages. When you speak to each other, use each other’s names [not insults] and don’t use me as a message carrier. It’s not my problem.”

According to Toussaint, Newcastle, NSW-based executive manager of family services with support group Interrelate, if children are asked they readily say what they most hate about how their parents are dealing with their separation.

via Work together for the kids: separation | The Australian.