Employees in many different fields have an opportunity to do a self-evaluation to assess their own overall job performance. This helps to ensure that employees are tapping into their full potential. A rigorous self-assessment can be an invaluable tool for employees, the company, and ultimately, their customers. Thousands of child custody cases involving domestic violence go through family courts every year. How many of these courts, if any, have ever done a look-back self-assessment to ascertain how successful their judgments were?

This introspection could have a positive impact on the children and parties involved, as well as on the court itself. An honest self-assessment could be the starting line to a more transparent family system. When judges know, in fact, the results of their previous decisions, they will gain insight into what decision-making skills they need to work on.