A common occurrence in a high conflict divorce is for one parent to treat the children as "friends" or "peers." The parent improperly violates parent-child boundaries by including the child in intimate conversations that would normally occur between two adults. Sometimes, a child is used as a substitute for a missing partner. Children need to be children, not peers to their parents, in order to develop emotionally healthy and happy.

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