News Release: The Upper Room’s Crossroads Co-Parenting Class Focuses on How Divorce and Separation Affect Children

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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
     
    ~ The Upper Room’s Crossroads Co-Parenting Class Focuses on How Divorce
    and Separation Affect Children ~
    Contact:
    Brenda Guggisberg
    Executive Director, The Upper Room
    (603) 437-8477
    bguggisberg@urteachers.org

    Derry, NH, March 5, 2026
     
    The Upper Room Family Resource Center in Derry is offering the Crossroads Co-Parenting course in person Saturday, April 11 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. This course addresses how high-conflict divorce or separation can affect children and guides parents through five steps: encouraging children to love both parents, keeping kids out of conflict, personal recovery, effective communication, and prioritizing children's needs with a practical approach.
     
    For over 12 years, The Upper Room has offered a course to help adults address ongoing conflict with co-parents. Executive Director Brenda Guggisberg notes that the class aims to encourage parents to prioritize children's needs and manage disagreements privately. She highlights that children exposed to prolonged parental conflict face increased risks of anxiety, losing friendships, self-harm, risky behavior, and relationship challenges later in life.   
     
    Crossroads, an Active Parenting program, helps adults learn how conflict impacts their children. The course aims to build lifelong positive family relationships by showing parents the impact of their behavior. Long-term stress caused by parental conflict can hinder a child's development and lead to issues like sleep loss, academic struggles, behavioral problems, substance use, and other risks. Crossroads presents children's perspectives and provides real examples of the stress they experience when parents argue.   
     
    To register for the class, call 603-437-8477 x 110. $20 book and materials fee.
     
    About The Upper Room
    Founded in 1986, The Upper Room, a Family Resource Center is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization committed to strengthening individuals and families by providing them with the education, services and resources needed to lead healthy, self-sufficient lives. Our center is a warm, welcoming place where families receive information and support not only in times of crisis but on a day-to-day basis. We place no boundaries on service, and help all who come to our center seeking support.  For more information, call (603) 437-8477, or visit our website at URteachers.org
    For other press-related inquiries, please contact 
    Brenda Guggisberg, Executive Director 603-437-8477 x111.

    News Release: The Upper Room’s Crossroads Co-Parenting Class Focuses on How Divorce and Separation Affect Children