BILL OF RIGHTS FOR CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS ARE SEPARATED OR DIVORCED

Children have:

• The right not to be asked to "choose sides" between their parents

• The right not to be told the details of bitter or nasty legal proceedings going on between their parents

• The right not be told "bad things" about the other parent's personality or character

• The right to privacy when talking to either parent on the telephone

• The right not to be cross-examined by one parent after spending time with the other parent

• The right not to be asked to be a messenger from one parent to the other

• The right not to be asked by one parent to tell untruths to the other parent

• The right not to be used as a confidant regarding legal proceedings between the parents

• The right to express feelings, whatever those feelings may be

• The right to choose not to express certain feelings

• The right to be protected from parental warfare

• The right not to be made guilty for loving both parents