The holiday season, often a time for joy and togetherness, can also bring challenges for co-parents as they navigate shared parenting responsibilities. Successfully co-parenting during Christmas and New Years, when the children are home, requires communication, flexibility, and a focus on the children’s well-being. By prioritizing these three important needs,
When parents separate, children often become confused, angry or withdrawn. Some kids feel lost and hopeless while others feel relieved. Each child will react differently. How a child is told or finds out their parent’s are separating, is important. How they feel about themselves and how mature they are, may
Separation and Divorce is never easy on children, but there are many ways moms and dads can help reduce the impact of their break-up. Separated or divorced parents need to work together to some degree. Co-operation helps reduce anxiety, improves a child’s attitude, helps them perform well in school, improves
Children have the right to expect their parents to fulfill their responsibilities. This Children’s Bill of Rights will help guide you during your separation or divorce. Children have the right to be loved and to love both their parents, without feeling guilty, pressured, disapproved or rejected about seeing their mom
When families separate, most moms and dads don’t understand their new responsibilities, how to cooperatively co-parent, how to budget their new financial reality and how to manage their working lives. In fairness, single parenting is challenging, especially when parents have young children or troubled teenagers. Come To Agreement created “Ask
Child Support payments and supporting children are a crucial Family Law expense that aims to ensure the financial well-being of children after their parents’ separation or divorce. Child Support varies by state or province or other jurisdiction. Having practiced Family Mediation for 25 years there are several primary considerations that
