Top 7 Dos and Don’ts for Co-Parenting Your Student Athlete

Everyone needs a “thing” that excites and interests them, even children. Your child’s “thing” should help them develop passion, forget troubles, and grow in mind, body, and spirit. Extracurricular activities, like sports, make a wonderful “thing” for children. Every child stands to benefit from the lessons sports teach, like: For a child experiencing divorce, sports […]

7 Co-Parenting Resolutions for the New Year

The new year marks a great time to turn a new leaf or chapter on old ways. January feels like a fresh start. That makes it the perfect kickoff point for anyone mulling over new goals and plotting how to achieve them. Co-parenting success often requires reviewing old ways of doing things, determining how well […]

Coping With Your “Disneyland” Co-Parent: 7 Thoughts to Ease Frustrations

You know you shouldn’t compare yourself and your relationship with your children to your co-parents. Yet, Envy rears its ugly head when your children seem to have all the fun away from you. You see your time for custody exchange nearing on your shared parenting app and think, “Oh, boy! I wonder what they’ll get […]

The “It’s A Wonderful Life” Check Every Co-Parent Needs

Co-parenting is hard. It can be filled with negativity as you and your co-parent work through hurt emotions. It’s mentally and physically taxing to shuffle your child and their belongings from one home to another. It can be heart-wrenching sending a child off into a somewhat unknown world at their other parent’s house where you […]

Prepping for Co-Parenting Before Childbirth

As your baby’s due date draws nearer, you might want to get your “bug out” bag ready to go. It’s a duffel bag you keep by the door, ready to grab on your way to the delivery room. It has anything you might need during your overnight stay at the hospital after delivery–a change of […]

Shared Responsibility: Tech and Internet Guidelines for Co-Parents

Technology is beneficial in your everyday life. As a single parent, it can help you stay more connected with your children while they are in your ex’s custody. You can pursue higher learning on your own and from anywhere. It can even “edutain” (educate and entertain) your children while you cook, do chores, or get […]

Balancing Truth With Protection: How Much Do You Reveal to Your Child?

As children’s brains mature, they ask more questions. It’s not unusual for children of divorce to begin wondering, “What went wrong?” in their parents’ marriage. You may start fielding more questions as they age–questions you can’t give a quick answer to that satisfies their curiosity. How much do you reveal? In some cases, your divorce […]

When Your Child Resists Visitation: Handling Co-parenting Challenges

A hundred things run through your mind–Are you forgetting anything? Did you and your child pack everything they’ll need? You start your car and remember the gas gauge is almost on ‘E.’ You’ll need to stop and fuel up on the way, but you’re already running late. And then, the meltdown starts. Your child refuses […]

From Disagreement to Agreement: How Documentation Benefits Co-Parenting

Despite your differences, you and your co-parent must communicate after your divorce. If you two share custody of your children, you’ll stay in contact with one another for years as you raise your kids into fine adults. Since you’ll be dealing with each other, anyway, you might as well learn the art of communicating effectively […]

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