Do not let your children become your battleground. If you and your spouse are good parents, everything can be worked out. These admonishments do not apply to the parents who find themselves in the ugly predicament dealing with domestic violence, child abuse, drug abuse or mental disorders. Those parents may need to fight to protect their children. This book and these comments are not directed to those tragic situations. Help can be found at our website, through an attorney, at a domestic violence website or through legal aid for those difficult, contested cases.
Interest Of The Child
© Marsha K. Moore
What is in the best interest of the child
Parents fighting in the home
When one decides to roam
Parents fighting when they split
When they no longer give a shit
Parents playing the child one against the other
Teaching the child there’s no value in being a father or a mother
Or is it simply
Parents being the best that they can be
Speaking to one another cordially
Parents setting aside their differences they feel
To show their child what is truly real
Parents’ being what is necessary to be
To make the child’s life happy and healthy
The ‘best interest’ is
That the child grows up to be the best that they can be
Will that be to handle things in a way of hurt or harmony
The bottom line is
We should want them to grow up to be great
Don’t let your hurtful ways decide their fate
So when it comes to what is in the best interest of the child
Be the parent that shows them you can make it thru the trials
Being the father or the mother
That puts the needs of the child’s before any other
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