Kids & co-parenting
Child psychologists who study divorce keep returning to the same few things. How much conflict children are exposed to, and whether they feel loved and free in both homes, matter more than the divorce itself. Those are things parents can shape, even on hard days.
Start with Kids & co-parentingEverything here is drawn from renowned child psychologists and co-parenting experts, and presented as what the experts suggest. It’s guidance to help you make your own decisions for your own family, never a set of rules.
What happens inside
The Co-parenting pathSome important steps on your guided path:
Short guides for the big moments: telling the kids and the questions that come after, keepsakes for the kids, and when a child tries to get you back together.
Tools for hard exchanges, like a simple, proven method for replying to a difficult message briefly and calmly.
Shown only to parents, and shaped by your kids’ ages.
About 30 books, podcasts, talks and articles, from child psychologists who’ve studied children and divorce for decades, family therapists, parenting educators, and co-parenting and high-conflict specialists, plus picture books for younger kids.
Switchbacks learns your kids’ ages, how they’re doing and how your schedule works. Then it brings you what fits the moment: how to talk with them when that conversation is coming, what to expect from a 5-year-old versus a 12-year-old, and the first holiday apart before it arrives, not after.
Sessions is there for the handoffs, the quiet house on the first night, and the message to your co-parent you don’t know how to word. It helps you find the words in your own voice and holds your boundaries.
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