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===What a parenting coordinator does=== | ===What a parenting coordinator does=== | ||
Regardless of how detailed a parenting plan or order may be, some parents repeatedly find things to argue about. This kind of parental behaviour has a particularly negative impact on children. A parenting coordinator can be useful in minimizing that conflict by coaching parents on how to: | Regardless of how detailed a parenting plan or order may be, some parents repeatedly find things to argue about. This kind of parental behaviour has a particularly negative impact on children. A parenting coordinator can be useful in minimizing that conflict by coaching parents on how to: | ||
#manage conflict | #manage conflict, | ||
#make better parenting decisions | #make better parenting decisions, | ||
#compromise positions in the best interests of their children | #compromise positions in the best interests of their children, | ||
If that doesn't work the parenting coordinator will mediate or, as a last resort, arbitrate the dispute between the parents. The long term goal of the parenting coordinator is to improve the parents' ability to communicate, problem solve, and make parenting decisions in a healthy and supportive way, without the need for third party interventions like a parenting coordinator or frequent applications to court. That goal may not be attainable for some parents. | If that doesn't work, the parenting coordinator will mediate or, as a last resort, arbitrate the dispute between the parents. The long term goal of the parenting coordinator is to improve the parents' ability to communicate, problem solve, and make parenting decisions in a healthy and supportive way, without the need for third party interventions like a parenting coordinator or frequent applications to court. That goal may not be attainable for some parents. | ||
Some examples of what a parenting coordinator may do are: | Some examples of what a parenting coordinator may do are: | ||
*settling disputes or ambiguities about parenting schedules, extra-curricular activities, travel arrangements, holidays and special events | *settling disputes or ambiguities about parenting schedules, extra-curricular activities, travel arrangements, holidays, and special events, | ||
*resolving issues about how child expenses will be paid | *resolving issues about how child expenses will be paid, | ||
*deciding what school a child will attend | *deciding what school a child will attend, | ||
*determining if a child needs tutoring, therapy or routine medical treatment | *determining if a child needs tutoring, therapy, or routine medical treatment, and | ||
*working out a protocol for a child’s belongings, inter-parent communications, parent-child communications, attendance at child events | *working out a protocol for a child’s belongings, inter-parent communications, parent-child communications, and attendance at a child's events. | ||
===What a parenting coordinator doesn't do=== | ===What a parenting coordinator doesn't do=== | ||