You can still be a parent, even when you seperate. I think sometime people think if they divorce the spouse, they divorce the child. That shouldn't matter. You need to stay in your child's life. Sometimes it is actually best to stop an unhealthy environment and remove yourself from the other person, but never the child!

Sometimes the parents are so hurt by each other and ending the relationship that they forget that the children need to know they are not at fault and are still loved by both parents. Other times parents get so busy trying to build another life that they forget to include the part that matters most.

I definitely agree that if it is an unhealthy and tense environment, then it certainly isnt necessary to stay together for the sake of the child. I think both parents should work very hard to make sure the childs well being is the number one priority for them both when the split happens though.

Many people would do well to understand this. Staying together in a unhealthy relationship does far more harm than going your seperate ways. The love of your spouse has no bearing on the love of your child.

Parents and partners usually go together, but if for whatever reason the partner doesn't work out then the parent relationship must stay. I would go as far as to say that there is no way that the parent-child relationship is allowed to not work out.

Yes, i agree that if there is a problem between parents then they should get separated but even should remember that they have their children and as much as they can they should be in children's life in any case.

True! Divorce is for the parents and does not include the child. A parent will always be a parent even without a partner. Responsibilities should never be forgotten when divorce happens.

My husband & I are both children of divorces. And neither of our biological fathers stayed in the pictures. We were blessed with step-dads who went above & beyond the call of duty. Especially in my husband's case, since he was 18 when his mom married his step-dad. But he's been there for my husband, no matter what, and my husband thinks the world of him.

I wish more parents would accept the fact that even if you separate & don't get along with your ex, you have to at least pretend to get along for your children's sake. I can't tell you how many times I heard my mom or father bad mouth the other to me because they were mad at each other.

That's exactly true. Sometimes it is important in order for you to grow and become a better person that you detach yourself from anyone that brings out the worst in you (in this case, probably your spouse). You can only achieve this by leaving that person, and the results are usually very much worth it, however it does not mean that you would have to abandon your child as well. You can still be there for him or her, and you can still be a parent, and this time you can even be a better one because you won't be around that kind of toxic environment you used to be in before the divorce.

Not only can you still be a parent after divorce but you must be a parent. No matter how parents feel about each other they will always be in each other's lives because of the children they have. There is no excuse to divorce a child if parents are divorced.