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*Children can best deal with their feelings surrounding the separation experience in a climate of cooperation. | *Children can best deal with their feelings surrounding the separation experience in a climate of cooperation. | ||
*Working together as parents means cooperating with the other parent about raising the children. If you can't do this in person, try communicating by phone or by using notes that are exchanged with the child. (Never ask your child to deliver | *Working together as parents means cooperating with the other parent about raising the children. If you can't do this in person, try communicating by phone or by using notes that are exchanged with the child. (Never ask your child to deliver a note to the other parent.) | ||
*It is a myth that parents who | *It is a myth that parents who did not get along as a couple cannot work together as parents. They can. It takes time and effort but parents can redfine the relationship from being a couple, to a more business-like relationship of partners in the parenting of their children. | ||
*Go directly to the other parent for information, an answer or a solution to a problem. Don’t allow the child to be in the middle, act as a messenger, or act as a spy. If you cannot deal directly with the other parent, use another adult. | *Go directly to the other parent for information, an answer or a solution to a problem. Don’t allow the child to be in the middle, act as a messenger, or act as a spy. If you cannot deal directly with the other parent, use another adult. | ||
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*badmouth or blame the other parent in the children’s presence or earshot. | *badmouth or blame the other parent in the children’s presence or earshot. | ||
* | *expect children to comfort them instead of seeking adult interaction. | ||
===Parenting schedules=== | ===Parenting schedules=== | ||
