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Co-Parenting After Divorce? Avoid These 4 Loyalty Traps (Psychology Today)

How to protect your kids from being caught in loyalty traps when you divorce.

By Ann Gold Buscho Ph.D.

KEY POINTS

  • Loyalty traps are problematic roles that children assume or are unintentionally put into that require loyalty.

  • Four of these traps include when a child ends up acting like a spy, messenger, confidante, or ally for one parent.

  • Research shows that healthy relationships with both parents can help children thrive after a divorce.