Secure Attachments and Co-Parenting
Relationships that parents establish between each other and with their children can have lasting effects throughout their children’s lives. A study conducted by the Department of Human Development and Family Studies found that there may be a connection between the quality of coparenting that exists between two parents and the level of strength found within …
Coordinating and Managing Coparenting Expectations and Goals
Some coparents share the same parenting style while other coparents may use different parenting styles. Some coparents have similar ideas regarding how to reach the goals they have for their themselves, their children, and their family, while other coparents may have very different ideas on how to reach those goals. These differences can create conflicts …
Successful Co-Parenting
Co-parenting is when one parent, or child caretaker, shares parenting responsibilities with another parental figure. While your family’s parenting system is unique to you, you most likely rely on essential others to help provide emotional and physical care for your children. In addition to biological or adoptive parents, other parental figures or child caretakers often …
