Navigating High Conflict Coparenting - Strategy #2

Follow two coparenting rules to reduce conflict

COPARENTING RULE 1: Eliminate all face-to-face communication between the parents, which includes child sharing exchanges, going to the same school event or attending extracurricular events. This includes attending coparenting classes/counseling together or any type of child related activities. It also includes eliminating all unnecessary telephone calls. Child sharing exchanges should occur in a neutral location, at school or at a daycare to limit face-to-face interactions. Every face-to-face interaction will lead to increased anxiety and negatively impact the children. One parent would drop the children off at school or daycare and the other parent would pick them up.