Mom & Pop Co-Op

This blog has been a goal of mine for a few years now. I have practiced family law for over three decades and, while I may have not yet seen it all, I’ve seen a lot! 

One thing that continues to leave me unsettled is when parents who have gone their separate marital ways seem to go out of their way to keep fighting with each other. It’s absolutely toxic. Toxic for them, for their children, and everyone around them. I wrote about this in an article, “Does Christmas Have to Be on December 25^th?” The gist of the article was suggesting areas where parents could find a common dynamic and rise to a level where they maintain a friendly accord with each other, if only for the children. 

One of the suggestions in the article was to imagine a world where major holidays fall where co-parents need them to fall, as opposed to a date assigned by the calendar, so that children can celebrate with both parents when they are together and, more importantly, see that two people who love them are coming together in agreement for the sake of custodial and family harmony. 

In this blog, I plan to regularly share my experiences, thoughts, and advice on successful co-parenting, both as an attorney and as a mom who is a co-parent. My goal is to help moms and dads (or moms and moms, or dads and dads) who share custody interact with each other with respect, kindness and, above all, a focus on the children.