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When divorce proceedings force children to choose between parents

I'm 14 and my parents are getting divorced and the lawyer keeps asking me which parent I want to live with but I don't want to choose because I love them both.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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An adolescent experiences the emotional burden of adult legal systems that demand loyalty choices no child should have to make.

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