When most people hear the word divorce, they picture conflict. Lawyers battling in court. Parents speaking poorly of one another. Children caught in the middle. But divorce doesn’t have to be a story about winners and losers. And for your children, it shouldn’t be a...
(Why Stability and Developmental Stages Matter More Than Splitting Time Evenly) Introduction: A Different Kind of Fairness When parents separate, one of the hardest questions is: What’s the ideal split of parenting time? Too often, “fair” gets translated into equal...
Introduction: The Custody Crossroads When Kentucky passed the nation’s first law making 50/50 equal custody the legal default, it made national headlines. On paper, the idea looked like progress: equal parenting, equal time, equal rights. For many, it symbolized...
Introduction: Co-Parenting in a Changing World Co-parenting after divorce has always been challenging. But in recent years, families are rewriting the rules in creative, surprising, and even inspiring ways. From “nesting” arrangements where kids stay in the family...
(Part 3 of our Co-Parenting Without Escape Routes Series) Introduction: When Avoidance Grows Up The “escape hatch” dynamic we’ve covered in Parts 1 and 2 often begins with switching houses to avoid a consequence, or retreating into a phone to dodge a hard...
