In this excellent blog posting, Joan B. Kelly offers ten ways to protect your children from the fallout of a high conflict break-up.

• Talk to your children about your separation.

• Be discreet.

• Act like grown-ups. Keep your conflict away from the kids.

• Dad, stay in the picture.

• Mom, deal with anger appropriately.

• Be a good parent.

• Manage your own mental health.

• Keep the people your children care about in their lives.

• Be thoughtful about your future love life.

• Pay your child support.

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