Co-Parenting

I have a comprehensive Parenting Plan that I give to clients to help them make important decisions about how they will co-parent their children.

Making decisions today will help you avoid conflict in the future.

Parenting Tips for Divorcing Parents

The following is a list compiled with the help of mental health professionals & experts in the co-parenting field.

• Find a new co-parenting style which avoids conflict with each other
• Never involve your children in your disagreements
• Don’t let your emotions about one another affect the decisions you make regarding the children
• Treat your children as children, not as adults.  Don’t give them information on finances or custody.  Don’t depend on them to fill your emotional needs.
• Never say bad things about the other parent in front of your child or to another person who may tell your child.
• Don’t ask you child about the other parent.  That is spying and asking your child to violate a trust.  Don’t put your child in the middle.
• Never pass messages or things to one another through your child.  Talk directly to each other about things related to your child.
• Reassure your child and correct any misconceptions your child has about the divorce.
• Recognize and respect the wide range of emotions your child has regarding the divorce.
• Put in place a consistent set or rules for both households.
• Recognize that your child is not divorcing the other parent’s family