Kids, Dogs and Divorce
Written by Melissa Lafreniere, MA,RP, QFAS As a parenting mediator and psychotherapist, I help separating couples make agreements that prioritize their children throughout the separation and divorce process. I recently had a couple approach me with this exact question. Before making the difficult decision to separate, they had recently added a fun loving golden retriever named Scout to their family. To complicate matters, they also had 3 beautiful children who were absolutely in love with …