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Co-parenting and custody articles
Practical ways to lower conflict, protect a child’s ordinary routines, and decide what kind of support fits the problem in front of you.
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Parallel Parenting vs. Co-Parenting: Which One Fits Your Family?
Co-parenting asks two adults to cooperate. Parallel parenting asks them to stop colliding. A licensed clinician on the difference, how to tell which model you are in, and what each one asks of you.
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- What Goes in a Parallel Parenting PlanA parallel parenting plan can make schedules, exchanges, communication, and decision-making clearer. Use these questions to prepare for a discussion with your attorney.
- How to Co-Parent With a Narcissist (When You Truly Can't)If standard co-parenting advice is not helping, look at lower-contact options, boundaries, and ways to keep the focus on your child without diagnosing the other parent.
- The 4 Crucial Elements of High-Conflict Co-ParentingThe four essential elements every parent needs to navigate a high-conflict co-parenting situation — and how to develop each one.
- How to Co-Parent AmicablyPractical strategies for building an amicable co-parenting relationship that puts your children's wellbeing first.
- Co-Parenting Communication TipsPractical ways to write shorter, child-focused messages when co-parenting exchanges are tense.
Course and support guides
Choosing a course or counseling service
- Four Questions That Shape Parenting Through DivorceCo-parenting conflict, strained child contact, parallel parenting, and difficult messages call for different kinds of support.
- High-Conflict Co-Parenting: The Course That Helps You SucceedHow our high-conflict co-parenting course gives separated parents practical tools to succeed even in the most difficult situations.
- What to Expect from Our High-Conflict Co-Parenting CourseA closer look at the High-Conflict Co-Parenting Course: its twelve modules, time commitment, certificate, and who it may fit.
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