co-parenting

My ex won’t be seeing the girls (7 yo twins) It’s my weekend but he is entitled and I made it clear he had the option. He isn’t big on “made up holidays” and said it’s just another day. (He also doesn’t want them for his bday next month and thinks it’s silly j want my bday/Mother’s Day.) To...

we have been trying to “make it work” for a long time, and i just don’t know if that is possible. our baby is almost two. we fight almost every day. we are currently living long distance so all communication is text / video / calls. my partner wants to video chat at bed time every night but...

I (25F) starting dating my ex (28M) at 17 y/o. He was my first love , my first in many things. We had many trust issues due to lies and miscommunications from the past. When I got pregnant at the age of 20 we decided to have our daughter (now 4) but were on and off. We seperated 7 months ago due...

My ex and I have been separated since 2017 and divorced since 2018 when my daughter was 3. Since day 1 she has hated leaving me to see her father or even answer FaceTime when he calls. She says it’s because he’s mean to her. When I’ve overheard their conversations he “jokingly” calls her a...

My ex-wife and I share custody/placement. She moved 2000 miles away last June, so our current situation is that the kids stay with me during the school year, and then with her during summer vacation and other school breaks. My 11 year old daughter recently tried out for the volleyball team at...

I (F, 45) own two properties aside from my primary residence and share 50/50 custody of two children (7, 11) with my ex husband (M, 45). Of the two additional properties, one I rent out and the other I occupy during my non-custodial time and will never rent it or have my children there as it...

So we divorced 2018, and we moved to NM, where we are now for X to be near her family and support structure. Since then, most of her family has moved elsewhere. She has at least one brother who lives in KY and keeps bringing up moving there. Her reasoning is "a fresh start for the children." we...

My ex has had 2 separate live in girlfriends since we divorced 6 years ago. My son hasn't had a problem with either. The first didn't have a lot to do with him but wasn't mean or anything to him. The current live in girlfriend moved in within 4 weeks of him and his ex girlfriend splitting(she...

I swear I feel like I’m in the twilight zone every time we have a conversation. It’s always either overly friendly or I’m dealing with their wrath. My ex and his girlfriend within the last few months have started trying to act like I’m a friend and it’s insane to me. They both publicly posted...

I'm looking to get some feedback, I'm trying to be open minded, and relatively objective about the request but i have a hard time looking past what I feel is another obvious play to move the kids lives farther away from me. (I'm sorry but I provide as much detail as i can for perspective, if...

Hello! My partner and I are preparing to split with a 2&3 year old. He works full time mon-fri and begins at 530 AM. since I’ve been a SAHM I will be getting a weekend job for when the kids go with their dad as I still will be with the kids during the week due to lack of dare care. I will be...

My ex and I have a complicated relationship, we co parent my 2 kids. Back story we separated like 3.5 years ago. He was having an affair with a girl I knew and even had her over to my house a few times while it was happening. He was an absolute monster to me for 2 years and as much as I’ve...

Ex’s new husband apparently has some road rage and a penchance towards cursing. The kids have told me this much. Apparently, he tells his bio kid to “shut up”, and my son (my kids are 10, 7, 6, and his is 5) claims he’s been told to “shut up” before, perhaps a couple times. Mom and I don’t...

my ex and I are trying to identify a fair rota where we stay with the kids 50:50, we enjoy equal weekend nights of freedom (fri and sats at alternating weeks), we tend to maintain a similar pattern every week (e.g. I always have them on Mon and Tues, he always have them on Wed and thurs, for...

I (32F) share two sons (5,8) with my ex (35M) we split our children 50/50- week on and week off with the exchange day on Mondays after school. We definitely do not get along but keep our distance and do what we have to do to keep the peace for the kids. Our youngest (5) is insanely athletic and...

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Child, who is 9 and has had a phone for a little over a year now. I did not have anything to do with it, it was a Xmas gift at other parent’s house. I’m pretty against it because they are 9 and they can always call from my phone. It’s not just used for calls and texts but apps, but I digress and...

Hi everyone, I need some advice. I’m the typically high strung, helicopter parent and my coparent is very decidedly the ‘fun’ parent who gives out candy for breakfast and who blames me for all the problems. The split happened within the last year, and at first I sent postcards and notes with...

Any suggestions on how to make the other parent use the parenting app so I can limit the childish conversations about pickup and schedules etc. (I.e. Are you slow or just stupid, i said i well drop her clothes off when i fell like it?, why can't you drop her off? My girlfriend is taking me out...

My ex had my two sons working on their roof the other night, removing shingles and scraping the stuff underneath off. There was no safety equipment. I am 100% not ok with this, in any way. Not really sure what options I have in dealing with this, as she is very difficult to communicate with...