Caught in the middle

Do you feel caught in the middle of your parents' problems?

Sometimes parents use you in their battles—whether they know they are doing it or not. For example, one or both parents might:

	ask you to carry messages
	ask you to give them information about the other parent
	ask you to keep secrets from the other parent.
	expect you to listen to him or her saying mean things about the other parent, or blaming the other parent for everything that has happened
	try to make you take sides, or choose one parent over the other.