Category: Family

An hour before a dinner party one night, a friend called to say he would not be able to attend....

In a Delhi family court, a marriage of seven years had already collapsed by the time the case reached the...

Some conflicts are not about what people want. They are about what people believe must never be given up. These...

Choosing the Table Over the Courtroom I got a call this week from a young mother. Her son is twenty...

Power dynamics rarely announce themselves directly in conflict. Instead, they quietly shape who speaks, who withdraws, who apologizes first, and...

The slide presentation utilized by Jim Melamed for his 2-hour workshop "A Brave New World - Integrating AI into Family...

Written in consultation with Claude.ai There is a man I read about years ago — a refugee living just steps...

Some mediations never make it to a joint session. This one started in caucus and, against the odds, came full...

In March 2026, Bridging the Gap brought together professionals from across the UK, the United States and Australia, people who...

We have expressed concern with Access to Justice in Family Law for years; since the turn of the century.  ...

Recently on Forgiveness Sunday I thought about how easily we often ask for forgiveness where it's a small thing and...

Summary of the Argentina Children in Mediation Report on “Exploration and Analysis of the Outcomes of Child and Adolescent Participation...

Ask ChatGPT About Parenting Time Conflict Dad has been late in returning his 12 year old son to mom (divorced)...

Introduction The argument that mediation can expedite justice in South Africa and enhance access to it has already been made....

Why Hearing the Child Without Harm Requires Safeguarding, Child Development Literacy and Real Containment A note on child inclusive practice...

The Missing Chair at the Table In almost every mediation I lead, there comes a moment when someone finally breathes...

Over the past decade, my family mediation practice in Victoria, BC has evolved in response to a clear and consistent...

DARVO stands for Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender. It is a recognizable rhetorical sequence in modern conflict engagement...

Or: What’s more important? The Parties, or the Mediator? Interestingly, the future of mediation is being altered by supposedly improvements...

Many mediators already use large language models (LLMs) — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Mistral — to support everyday work, but the...

When people begin looking for a family mediator, they often focus on logistics: availability, cost, or whether the mediation can...

The Creative Solution in Family Mediation is a collection of articles written by Chip Rose as a contributor to The...

Using Pre-Mediation Support to Strengthen Interest-Based Outcomes Family mediators, particularly those working with self-represented parties, understand that the success of...

In family mediation—whether navigating custody, dependency, or guardianship—we often hide behind the phrase “Best Interests of the Child.” While it...

Each year at the Centre for Mediation and Dispute Resolution, we look back at our client population, seeking to detect...

Professionals in their 50s often experience workplace conflict as something fundamentally different than they did earlier in their careers. Disagreement...

Introduction: The Family Space We Keep Missing  Most co-parenting conversations focus on what we can see: schedules, holidays, school choice,...

Table of Contents Next INTRODUCTION: ABOUT THIS BOOK So, what exactly counts as “a book” these days? In the pre-digital...

Reprinted from Tammy Lenski's blog and from Coca-Cola's newsletter. The holidays can be a cheerful time — with plenty of...

Holiday traditions have created happy family memories. Stockings hung on the chimney with care, the smell of hot chocolate in...