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'''What a Parent Coordinator Does'''
'''What a Parent Coordinator Does'''
The parent coordinator provides  parties who cannot agree on aspects of parenting with a relatively quick and informal way to resolve their disputes.  Regardless of how detailed a parenting plan or order may be, some parents will always find things to argue about and it is the children who pay the price for this kind of parental behavior.  A parent coordinator may be useful in minimizing that conflict by attempting to educate the parents on how to manage conflict in a healthy way.  If that doesn’t work the PC will mediate or, as a last resort, arbitrate the dispute between the parents.  The long term goal of the PC is to enable the parents to parent in a healthy and supportive way, without the need for Parenting Coordinators or  frequent applications to Court, although that goal may not be  
The parent coordinator provides  parties who cannot agree on aspects of parenting with a relatively quick and informal way to resolve their disputes.  Regardless of how detailed a parenting plan or order may be, some parents will always find things to argue about and it is the children who pay the price for this kind of parental behavior.  A parent coordinator may be useful in minimizing that conflict by attempting to educate and coach  the parents on how to manage conflict in a healthy way .  If that doesn’t work the PC will mediate or, as a last resort, arbitrate the dispute between the parents.  The long term goal of the PC is to enable the parents to parent in a healthy and supportive way, without the need for Parenting Coordinators or  frequent applications to Court, although that goal may not be  
attainable for some parents.  
attainable for some parents.  


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