Kyle Wiggs / Writing

Writing

Co-parenting

Coordination, records, and communication between separated parents. Not legal advice.

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Co-parenting

What happens between typing it and sending it →

The messages that cause the most damage are almost never the ones people planned to send. They are written in about ninety seconds.

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Someone else may read this later →

Not a reason to write for an audience. A reason to write the thing you would still stand behind.

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The common schedules, described plainly →

The named patterns everyone encounters, what each one actually involves, and the trade-off each is making.

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Why handovers are worse than the rest of it →

The schedule can work perfectly and the exchanges can still be the worst twenty minutes of the week.

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Documenting is not the same as building a case →

Both produce a record. They come from different intentions and they produce very different relationships.

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When they will not answer →

It is among the most common frustrations in co-parenting and among the least discussed, because there is no satisfying answer.

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Why expenses cause more arguments than they should →

The amounts are usually small. The conflict is rarely about the amounts.

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The gaps in a parenting plan become the arguments →

Most plans cover the schedule well. The recurring disputes almost always come from what the plan did not mention.