Top 10 Ways To Be A Healthy Co Parent for Your Kids | Loving | Communicate | Dont Overreact

in this video we are going to talk about the top 10 ways to be a healthy co parent for your kids.
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The Successful Co-Parenting Workbook: Practical Exercises to Heal Yourself and Help Your Kids Thrive: amzn.to/3BXCcEV
Combative to Collaborative: The Co-parenting Code: amzn.to/3rkszeC
Overcoming the Co-Parenting Trap: Essential Parenting Skills When a Child Resists a Parent: amzn.to/3CoyYM8
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00:00 Introduction
00:30 Communicate Effectively
01:28 Document Everything
02:07 Keep a Regular and Consistent Schedule
03:10 Do Not Overreact
03:41 Disagree in Private
04:21 Prepare for a Quick and Friendly Exchange
04:58 Share Positives About Your Time With the Kids
05:25 Create and Follow Your Parenting Plan
06:03 Use an Online Calendar
06:46 Avoid Being the Disneyland Parent
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Many marriages fall apart due to poor communication patterns, so often divorced parents struggle with being good communicators. For the sake of the kids, co-parents need to create much more open and productive communication skills and patterns.
Kids thrive on consistency and find themselves anxious when things don’t go according to plan. Co-parents have to work especially hard to keep schedules real and consistent.
Moms and dads often have very different parenting styles, and occasionally (or more often) you may disagree with what the other is doing with the kids. Don’t put the kids in the middle of your disagreement or sabotage the other parents time with the kids.
DIFFERENT PARENTS PARENT DIFFERENTLY - Get Used to It!
Avoid ALL drama at exchange time. For example, don’t bring your new girlfriend with you to pick up or drop off the kids. Don’t try to talk to Mom about a sensitive issue - save that for later.
Share Positives About Your Time With the Kids
When you do something fun with the kids, or if there is a particularly cute moment, snap a picture and text it to your ex.
Create and Follow Your Parenting Plan
Many parents with custody arrangements have a parenting plan that is approved by the courts. If you have such a formal plan, follow it religiously.
Use an Online Calendar
If you share details about important events like recitals, school concerts, dances, and parties, you can avoid disappointment and arguments. Put all your stuff on the shared calendar, and then she and the kids can be aware in advance of scheduling issues.
Avoid Being the Disneyland Parent
Make sure when you have the kids that you have a nice blend of exciting moments and boring moments, fun and chores, weekend activities and more mundane stuff. Keeping the balance with help avoid jealousy and competition, neither of which is good for the kids or the co-parents.
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Exactly, exactly, exactly! 🙌 Thank you for sharing all the info.