How Do You Repair A Damaged Relationship With Your Children?

When couples split, often the children who live with the custodial parent are made to feel as if they too have been “divorced.” Years pass and perhaps there is little or no contact with the other parent. Birthdays, graduations, and other significant life events are missed, and soon there is no relationship between the parent and child at all. Resentment and bitterness grows in the heart of the child and regret grows in the heart of the parent, who eventually realizes that at some point they must rebuild a lost relationship with the child, who may now be a teenager or young adult. How does one repair a damaged relationship with ones child?