Parenting Time & Schedules
Birthday Parties When Your Child Has Two Homes
One birthday, two households. How to plan the party, the cake, and the guest list so the birthday child gets the day and the adults stay out of the way.
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Parenting Time & Schedules
The Halloween Parade Is on the Other Parent's Day. You Can Usually Still Go.
Your custody order decides if you can attend your child's school parade when it falls on the other parent's day. Here's how to manage it.
High-Conflict Co-Parenting
Posting About Your Kids and Your Custody Case on Social Media
What you post today can be read by the other parent, their lawyer, and your child. A plain guide to keeping a custody case off your feed.
Parenting Time & Schedules
Halloween on Your Regular Weekend: Which Schedule Wins?
Learn how to read your custody order when Halloween falls on your regular weekend. The weekend doesn't automatically win.
Putting Children First
Your Child's Therapist and the Custody Case: Who Gets to Know What
A child in therapy during a custody fight needs a safe room. What parents can ask, what stays private, and why the therapist is not a witness you get to recruit.
Preparing for Court
Talking to Your Child About an Upcoming Court Date
What to tell a child before a custody hearing, what to leave out, and how to keep her from feeling like the case is hers to carry.
Living with the Order
Youth Sports in Two Homes: Practices, Gear, and the Sideline
Fall sports mean practices, gear bags, and two parents on one sideline. How to keep the season about the child and not about the parents.
Parenting Time & Schedules
Winter Break in Two Homes: Settle the Schedule Before Halloween
Christmas Eve, Christmas morning, New Year's and two weeks off school. Why October is the right time to agree on winter break, what to put in writing, and how to keep your…
High-Conflict Co-Parenting
When the Other Parent Is Late for Pickup Again
Twenty minutes late, then forty. How to handle a chronically late co-parent without turning your child into the waiting room, and when lateness becomes something to document.
Living with the Order
Parent-Teacher Conferences When Your Child Lives in Two Homes
Fall conference season is here. How to show up for your child's teacher when you and the other parent are not on the same page, and what to do about the report…
Parenting Time & Schedules
Halloween in Two Homes: Whose Night Is It?
Halloween falls on a Saturday this year. How to split the night, the candy, and the costume between two homes so the child gets the fun and not the fight.
Living with the Order
When School Asks for the Custody Order
When the school asks for your custody order: what to give them, who gets the portal and the nurse calls, pickup disputes at the office, and keeping the child out of it.