Leaving Them Alone
The young couple enters the mediation room quietly and hesitantly, as most disputants do. But soon the attacks and angry words pour forth. Actually, they are an ex-couple. But they have a young daughter between them -- and many things to work out for her future. That's why they are at this mediation today. And as often happens at the outset, they think they're supposed to convince the mediator (me) of their own viewpoint. Gently, I turn their arguments back to the two of the
