By Megan Devine, LCPC. 32 Comments. With so many divorced parents and blended families out there, differences in parenting crop up all the time. If you are divorced or separated from your child's other parent, your experience may range from peaceful co-parenting to all-out warfare. Different houses with different rules and different parenting
Co-parenting is shared parenting where parents work together and communicate regularly to continue parenting together despite no longer being married. Co-parenting is hard. Co-parenting requires that two people who couldnāt stay married cooperate and compromise for the sake of their child or children. Co-parenting requires that you and your
The negative effects of parental conflict are likely the result of the fact that fathers lose contact with their children in high parental conflict situations. In a 2003 article, Marsha KlineHere's how to do co-parenting well. 1. Collaborate, donāt litigate. Acrimony is expensive financially (a divorce trial, on average, costs each party more than $10,000, but that figure can go up to $100,000 or more) but also emotionally, particularly for your children. According to a report for the Ottawa-based Vanier Institute of the Family
3 Tips for Co-Parenting After Divorce: 1. Never Put Your Child in the Middle. This first tip may seem obvious but it is not always easy to do. Placing your child in the middle of parental conflict can be a major risk factor for their mental and emotional wellbeing. Placing children in the middle may occur in subtle ways such as passive
Children often feel responsible or blame themselves when their parents break up, so reassure your children that the divorce is not their fault. Give concrete details, if you can, about the new OwLfm.