8 Cardinal Rules of Co-Parenting

In order for co-parenting to succeed, there are some important rules that all co-parents should follow:










Read our complete Co-Parenting Series:

1. How Separated Parents Can Make It Work

2. How to Be a Parenting Team When You're No Longer a Couple

3. 7 Pitfalls of Co-Parenting and How to Overcome Them 

4. Kids' Role in Co-Parenting: Why You Need Your Children’s Cooperation and How to Get It

1. Do not use your child as a go-between.


2. Do not discuss your feelings about the other parent with your child.


3. Always remember that your child needs time with both of you to grow up healthy and happy.


4. If possible, never argue in front of your child.


5. Be flexible whenever possible.


6. Think of parenting time as benefiting your child, not you or the other parent.


7. Envision yourself and the other parent as a team.


8. If you are the residential parent, include the other parent as much as possible.


 


Brette Sember is a former family law attorney and mediator. She is the author of numerous books on divorce and child custody, including The Divorce Organizer & Planner, No-Fight Divorce and How to Parent with Your Ex.


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