Doesn't Co-parenting suck? I know. I do it with two kids who have different dads. It's hard. It makes me cry more often than I would like to admit. It's agonizing and terrifying. Sometimes we work well together and sometimes we don't. But here is a list of 13 things we can do to help the situation and we can do so without the buy-in of the other parent. Will it be easy? Hell no. But I have to believe the hard work we do on the front-end is going to be something our children look back on one day with amazement and gratitude. 1) Incorporate the other family into conversations…and do so in a positive way! Don't make your child feel like he/she can't talk about mom or dad with you or you'll be upset or will start bashing on the other family. I don't care if the other family does that to you - take the high road. 2) Let them have pictures up of their other family. In fact, encourage it! It's an easy way to let your children know you...
"She wasn't born Her. She found Her over a long, treacherous road. And the more treacherous the road became, the more of Her she found." -atticus