Course Tag: co-parenting

Co-parenting can be stressful after a divorce, separation, or anytime parents are not in a couple relationship. Learn the importance of “cooperative co-parenting” and strategies to support your children. This class will help you minimize conflict when navigating parenting responsibilities across households. Participants will be able to: 

● Recognize different types of co-parenting relationships 

● Identify the impact of conflict on children 

● Apply strategies to help children cope and adjust 

● Avoid creating “loyalty binds” in children 

● Apply skills to develop a successful co-parenting plan 

Co-parenting can be stressful after a divorce, separation, or anytime parents are not in a couple relationship. Learn the importance of “cooperative co-parenting” and strategies

to support your children. This class recording will help you minimize conflict when navigating

parenting responsibilities across households to help children thrive.

Participants will be able to:

• Recognize different types of co-parenting relationships

• Identify the impact of conflict on children

• Apply strategies to help children cope and adjust

• Avoid creating “loyalty binds” in children

• Identify factors that keep conflict going and revise harmful conflict cycles

• Apply skills to develop a successful co-parenting plan

Parenting is a demanding job that takes lots of physical and emotional energy. If you are stressed or exhausted it is difficult to be the parent that you want to be – regardless of how much parenting education you seek! Well-being includes your emotional, social, mental and physical health. It depends on feeling like you can cope with daily stressors, having a sense of purpose and generally enjoying life. Parents with a strong sense of wellbeing can manage difficult emotions, make time for supportive relationships and for doing things they enjoy. The purpose of this library is to help you achieve wellbeing by reflecting on your own needs and considering how your personal history may be affecting your parent-child relationships. This series will help you:

• Recognize symptoms of distress that you may be ignoring and would benefit from attention
• Consider beliefs and ideas that may be getting in the way of wellbeing and positive parenting
• Address specific challenges such as getting on the same page with your co-parent and handling stepparenting relationships

Co-parenting is often a challenge for parents living apart. The impact of constant stress and arguments can be exhausting. This course will help you recognize factors that interfere with cooperative co-parenting and provide you with concrete strategies to reduce conflict. 

By the end of this live online class parents will be able to:

• Identify factors that keep conflict going
• Identify and revise harmful conflict cycles
• Develop a successful co-parenting plan
• Apply skills to help you manage co-parenting stress
• Apply effective strategies to manage conflict