“As great as the danger of COVID-19 undoubtedly is, another great danger here, as it is for many families before this court, is the virus of conflict. Putting children in the middle of conflict, demonstrating that fighting and arguing is how adults manage their disputes, making children take sides in a lose-lose game, all corrode a child’s emotional equilibrium. Children have no special mask or protective gear that can shield them from this type of virus.”
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For children, the frustration and despair is multiplied. Children have no control over the decisions of their parents, the spread of the coronavirus, nor the conditions in which they find themselves. As Justice Marvin Kurz of the Ontario Superior Court wrote:[1]