The Collaborative Co-Parent

This resource is a road map for separated families to navigate a healthy co-parenting relationship following separation and divorce. Together we will embark on a journey to work through the grief and conflict of separation to raise resilient, secure and empowered children of separation. Children do best in environments where there is stability. Separation is the time to put your children's wellbeing ahead of your own and to make decisions which encourage them to be raised in the healthiest and happiest way possible. Although your family unit is no longer the same, it is still a family. Acknowledging this, and putting your children's needs ahead of anger and conflict, will allow you to co-parent in a more effective way. Separated parents can coexist with respectful boundaries and the right rules and tools in place. Learning to effectively communicate and have positive dialogue is often the first step. By implementing a set of agreed rules around your co-parenting relationship, you are giving your children the gift of safety, security and stability following separation.