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Reply to "When can kids decide which parent they want to live with - and related questions"
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[quote=Anonymous]I think the legal answer depends on what state you live in and in many states the answer is "never" for several reasons, like a child may be manipulated into choosing one parent because that parent needs the child to cope with life after the divorce and the child is in a very unhealthy situation of taking on the role of parenting the parent. Also, some children will choose the "Disneyland" parent because that parent gives big allowances or doesn't limit screen time or whatever. Some children will chose one parent because the other parent alienated the child from the other during the divorce. Lots of unhealthy situations arise when you give the power to make parenting decisions to children. Obviously there are some counter examples like the poster above who made a more flexible arrangement work, but my limited experience suggests that children should not get to decide where to live until they are adults in many cases. [/quote]
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