Navigating the Vaccination Impasse: Mediating Childhood Vaccination Disputes in Co-Parenting Relationships

June 24, 2025

INTRODUCTION Few topics in family mediation have become as divisive as childhood vaccinations for diseases like measles and polio. As co-parents (usually those divorced or separated or never married) navigate their children’s healthcare decisions, mediators increasingly encounter deep-seated disagreements about traditional childhood immunizations, leaving parents polarized and children caught in the middle. This article examines…

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Wendy Morgan

In my professional experience as a mediator and practitioner of conflict resolution, my vision is to reduce trauma, aggression, and fear to increase well-being and peace to couples wishing to stay married, to those deciding to separate/divorce with grace and integrity and to parents facing challenging parenting/custody issues. I have… MORE