You have the right to:

• Feel the way you feel about your parents splitting up.
• Express your feelings.
• Ask questions about what is going to happen and why.
• Love and be loved by both parents.
• Feel safe.
• Talk to someone if you need help.
• Not take sides.
• Not carry messages between your parents.
• Not hear your parents say bad things about each other.
• Not have adult worries.

It is your responsibility to:

• Express your feelings in a way that doesn't hurt other people or things.
• Speak up if your parents are asking you to do things that don't feel right.
• Ask for help if you need it.

It is your parents' responsibility to:

• Take care of you and keep you safe even though they live apart.
• Let you spend time with both parents and others who are important to you.
• Listen to what you say, even if they can't always do what you want them to.
• Answer your questions about money, where you are going to live, and so on, when you ask.
• Talk to each other with respect in front of you.
• Talk to each other about the things that involve you.