CO-PARENTING
Successful Co-Parenting
It is not about you. If it is about winning for you, your child will likely be the loser. Put your own emotions aside and act on what is best for your child, not what is best for you, even if the outcome is not what you want. Look beyond your broken relationship; divorce or separation may have ended your relationship or marriage, but you are still family to your children.
1. COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER
Keep direct channels of communication open so that your child doesn’t feel like a go-between. You must develop a style of regular and proper
2. REDUCE CONFLICT
It is not the separation that is damaging to children. The desired outcome is the one that offers the lowest risk of exposure to conflict, so agree not to argue in front of the children. Children are extremely perceptive of their parents’ emotions.