The judge said my 7-year-old is too young to have a say in the custody arrangement, but she has panic attacks every time she has to go to her father's house.
More people experience this than they realize.
A parent witnesses their child's distress being legally invisible due to age-based assumptions about children's capacity for self-advocacy.
“Where Are You with Children's rights?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.