relationships
One week, I live at Mum’s, the next, at Dad’s; except on Tuesdays, when I always stay at Mum’s no matter which week it is, and Wednesdays, when I always stay at Dad’s place. Growing up the child of a ‘sharedparenting’ agreement in the late 1990s was still unusual, and I used it to good effect in the playground. Even more unusual was the idea that you could be a happy, functional child of a ‘broken home’, but that’s the way it was for me. Now aged 28, I look back on my childhood with gratitude. My parents gave me a stable, happy foundation. And these are some of the ways in which they did it…
1 Shield a child from drama