When couples separate or divorce, one of the most important and challenging things to consider is care arrangements for their children. A separation is a traumatic thing for any child to go through, even more so, depending on what development stage they are at.

The development of children happens over many years and this is the reason why children cannot be considered as “miniature adults”.  

Development is deemed to be the intersection between the physical, mental, social, cognitive and emotional states and care arrangements must take into account the development stage of children caught up in a separation.

Learn about the developmental stages here.