Take a look at this list. Does any of it sound familiar? Your co-parent is still controlling, harassing, or using manipulation with you Your co-parent is extra uncooperative, accusatory, confrontational, or trashing you A new partner is interrupting the communication between you and your co-parent or the rules suddenly have changed now that there’s a new partner in their lives Your kids are starting to come back from the other parent’s home unruly, grouchy, disrespectful, withdrawn, or just different, (like…that’s not my kid) Stuck in The Co-Parenting Trap I call this being “caught i ..read more

  Managing kids’ screen time is a thorny issue for any parent, but it can be especially challenging when you’re co-parenting. When your child’s time is split between two households, coordinating your screen time policies can be tough enough, but enforcing them is a separate challenge of its own. So how do you navigate the rapids of your kid’s digital life when you’re sharing custody? Managing Screen Time While Co-Parenting With all the issues facing parents and kids today, it can be tempting to choose hills other than screen time to die on. The reality is that too much screen time can ta ..read more

  When a couple decides to separate, the first thing that comes to their mind is how their separation is going to impact their kids. Sometimes they try to stay together for the sake of their children but for some couples, divorce remains the only option. In such cases, they need to understand the consequences of their divorce on their kids and the ways could be to deal with them. Divorce is the stage where you must adjust numerous things from living arrangements to finances. So, sometimes kids are ignored in major scenarios, but the most worrying thing should be the kids and their custod ..read more

  You can co-parent effectively after divorce or separation — if you are aware of some of the common pitfalls that get in the way. Better Co-parenting Communication Mediator Erik Wheeler offers tips from his practice on how to have good communication with the other parent. 1) Get specific about parent-child contact details One issue that I see frequently as a mediator is disagreements about parent-child contact time (aka “visitation”). The disagreement usually arises because there is a lack of clarity in the parenting agreement. The most challenging situation is when the agreement specif ..read more

  Welcome to the world of co-parenting, where so many emotions, feelings, and thoughts get wrapped up in one little word! It is normal to find it easy to relate and communicate with some people and harder with others. For most of us, this new phase of relating to ‘our kids’ other parent’ is going to take some work to figure out, but it is important for you and your children that you do the work to form new ways of communicating! Why? All children have the right to love both their parents and be loved by both of their parents. After all, children share the DNA of both parents and don’t ha ..read more

  According to Alan Kemp in his book Abuse in the Family, domestic violence is defined as “A form of maltreatment perpetrated by a person with whom the victim has or had a close personal relationship.” Furthermore, the clinical and textbook definitions and categories of child psychological maltreatment found in Table 3-1 of Kemp’s book, Abuse in the Family, on pages 72-77, can easily be applied to show it as a horrific form of domestic violence via psychological maltreatment. This book is just one of many textbooks used to teach students and professionals about psychological maltreatment ..read more

  Although you might be happy to never set eyes on your ex again, this isn’t necessarily possible when you have children together. You will have already had shared ideas on how to parent, and these will still need to be thought about, even if you are not together. Co-parenting in a pandemic To explain further, Kerry Smith, Director of K J Smith Solicitors, looks into how you can co-parent effectively will make any challenges in life, even a pandemic, much easier to deal with and be more consistent and fairer for the children. Tips for co-parenting We often think of children as resil ..read more

  Not every circumstance occurring in our culture should be subject to an election as if it were a constitutionally guaranteed choice; some conditions are, to the contrary, an inalienable right, such as a child’s right to each parent equally after divorce. I had intended for my next article to be a definition of the Parental Alienation Syndrome, but that will have to be momentarily deferred. I felt the necessity to comment, instead, the shared parenting law in Arizona, and I must extend my accolades to Mike Espinoza for his indefatigable and self-divulging efforts to facilitate its passa ..read more

Check your Divorce Decree What the Court Considers The Students Responsibilty   If you have children, you have probably given a great deal of thought to the fact that they will, one day, graduate from high school and head off to the world of higher education. Of course, along with that idea comes the realization of just how expensive it is going to be to send your children to college. Over the last four decades or so, the cost of tuition at a four-year private university has more than doubled. During that same period, the average tuition at a four-year public school has more than tripl ..read more

  College acceptance letters are cause for celebration and while the excitement ensues, it’s only natural for parents to feel a bit of panic. Parents generally worry about the cost of college tuition. Divorcing parents have the added worry of wondering which parent will shoulder the financial responsibility of supporting their child’s college education. As college tuitions across the nation continue to increase the ability for a family to support one or multiple children through higher education has become nearly impossible. The average cost of tuition and fees for the 2021-2022 school y ..read more