Kim and Kanye Case
This major issue escalated tensions during Kim and Kanye'e divocre when Kanye repeatdly revealed private matters online.
What is posting private texts and family information on social media?
Burton argues that conflict arises when these types of needs, such as safety and identity are threatened.
What are basic human needs?
Divorce mediation involves this kind of third party who guides communication.
What is a mediator?
What is the goal of Nonviolent Communication?
A. Making arguments stronger
B. Winning the conflict
C. Expessing needs and feelings clearly
D. All of the above
C. Expressing needs and feelings clearly
This type of mediation puts children's well-being, needs, and voices at the center.
What is child-centered mediation?
Although settlement terms required privacy, Kanye violated this agreement by including his child in a music video.
What is the agreement to protect their children's privacy?
They turn to violence to get their human needs back (when experiencing identity loss, security threats, and struggle with recognition or love.
What happens when human needs are unmet?
Unlike court battles, mediation emphasizes this type of communication.
What is nonviolent communication?
This role is a neutral third party who helps parents reach agreements.
Who is a mediator?
Celebrity families like Kim and Kanye especially benefit from mediation because it protects this
What is privacy?
Kim sought this key need during the divorce, especially due to Kanye’s unpredictable actions.
This is one of the main goals of mediation: keeping discussions private and reducing hostility.
What is confidentiality?
This is one of the main goals of mediation = keeping discussions private and reducing hostility.
What is confidentiality?
This model shows how people move from observations to assumptions too quickly.
What is the Ladder of Inference?
Research shows children adjust better when parents maintain respectful communication and this style of parenting.
What is cooperative co-parenting?
According to the Bernabe article cited in the outline, Kim and Kanye agreed to share this type of custody; an arrangement that mediation often helps parents negotiate.
What is joint legal custody?
This basic need of Kim’s was violated by Kanye’s unpredictable posting behavior.
What is emotional security/safety?
Mediators help reduce this type of emotional tension by ensuring both parties feel heard and validated.
What is emotional conflict?
This method lessens blame by separating individuals from the problem and encouraging shared goals
What is a mediator-facilitated discussion?
Which of the following is a key benefit of divorce mediation for children?
A. It removes children entirely from both parents’ lives
B. It reduces exposure to hostile conflict and supports emotional stability
C. It guarantees children choose which parent to live with based on their needs and wants
D. It eliminates the need for co-parenting agreements.
B. It reduces exposure to hostile conflict and supports emotional stability
This was one of Kanye’s unmet needs in the conflict, tied to his identity as a father and celebrity.
What is the need to be seen and to have control?
Burton’s theory explains why legal agreements alone are insufficient because true resolution must address this.
What are emotional and identity-based needs?
Divorce mediation succeeds because it helps parents create predictable plans and agreements that reduce fear. This concept is known as improving what?
What is structural security?
This theory by Dugan explains why conflicts exist in multiple layers(system, relationship, and issue)
What is the Nested Theory of Conflict?
Mediation helps reduce this form of harm, which children may experience by witnessing conflict.
What is emotional violence?