This is the 4th of 8 myths voiced by parents David and Laura Sherwood in #TalktoStrangersFilm to rationalize their custody litigation. As the story proceeds, we see how much the kids are humiliated and compromised by the process. Nick is humiliated at being taken off the football field by Laura to meet with the attorney
Fifty years ago, a song called “What the World Needs Now Is Love” assured us that love was the only thing the world needed more of. Not to nitpick, but love isn’t the only thing the world has too little of. These days, it seems there’s an increasingly short supply of empathy as well. And
Custody Battle Myth #3: If the adults act well, the kids will be fine. This is the third of the eight myths that parents David and Laura Sherwood voice in #TalktoStrangersFilm to rationalize their custody litigation. They both express confidence in their ability to protect their children, 12-year-old Emily and 9-year-ols Nicholas (02:45) from emotional
Wait… WHAT??? Parents contemplating child custody or access battles often grasp for reasons to justify subjecting their children to an ordeal that may be more about the parents’ warfare than the children’s welfare. Many of those parents use popular myths about child-related litigation to rationalize placing their kids on the custody battlefield. Where children are
This is the first of eight myths articulated by fictional parents David and Laura Sherwood at the outset of the short film Talk to Strangers. The Sherwoods are interviewed by a filmmaker as they begin to contest custody of their two children, twelve-year-old Emily and nine-year-old Nicholas. “We do a pretty good job of insulating
A Dozen Steps to Heroic Co-Parenting Building Your Divorce Parenting Goal Statement During the early days of your divorce or separation, before lines are drawn in the sand and we lawyers get involved, try to nurture a spirit of cooperation with your co-parent. It may be distasteful. It may be difficult. But it needs to
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In 1991, Toyota added to its new luxury Lexus line the relatively inexpensive ES300 model. Critics wondered what moron would spend an extra $5,000 for what appeared to be nothing more than a loaded Toyota Camry with a fancy “L” slapped on the hood. Okay, so maybe it wasn’t one of my best decisions. But
As you may have noticed, keeping perspective during divorce can be a challenge. So, over the years, I’ve sometimes used humor to help clients meet that challenge. The silliness isn’t intended to make light of divorce’s miseries; to the contrary, it’s meant to ease them. And quite often, it works! Years after I first tried
Donald Trump relishes serving his audiences a fact-free cocktail of misogyny, racism, victimization fantasies, conspiracy theories, and a brutish “us-against-them” mentality. One of The Donald’s favorite expressions of that toxic brew is “libel-bullying”: serial threats of legal action against those who criticize or disagree with him. Trump has promised to prosecute Hillary Clinton for… we’re
