How to Manage Summer Planning in a Co-parenting Family
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Summer planning when you share custody: start early, agree on the holiday weeks, swap days when you need to, and balance old traditions with new ones.
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Collaboration between separated parents is the key to success. Explore our articles on co-parenting, agreements, and conflict resolution for inspiration and motivation.
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How Should We Communicate About the Children?
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How to talk to your co-parent about the children without it turning into a fight: treat each other as colleagues, agree what you discuss and how often.
How to Tell Others About Your Separation
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Separating and unsure who to tell? How to agree on a shared message, what to put in the email to your child's school, and what to say to family and friends.
Insults Between Parents
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Insults between parents hurt the children too. Learn how to tell insults from ordinary disagreement, why they must stop and what the law says in Sweden.
More Tips to Minimize Conflict Between Parents
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Practical ways to reduce conflict with your co-parent: keep your agreements, use I statements, stay out of their parenting and help out when you can.
When Kids Favor One Parent
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It is common for a child to prefer one parent, and it is usually a phase. Why it happens, and what helps both the favorite and the left-out parent.
When Your Child Ignores You or Turns to the "Wrong" Parent
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If your child ignores you or only wants the other parent, it's usually a way of coping — not rejection. A child psychologist explains how to respond.
When Your Co-Parent Badmouths You in Front of the Children
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Is your co-parent speaking badly about you in front of the children? Child psychologist Malin Bergström on how to respond and help your child cope.
How Can I Reduce Conflict With My Co-Parent?
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Practical ways to lower conflict with your co-parent: accept what you cannot change, keep communication neutral, avoid revenge and talk to your child.
How to Introduce a New Partner to Your Child
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When should a new partner meet your children? Advice on timing, telling your co-parent first, keeping the focus on your child, and how bonus families work.
Benefits of Every-Other-Week Living for Children
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Is living every other week good for children? The upsides kids themselves mention: more time with both parents, more adults around, and a calmer home.
How to Support Your Child During Parental Conflict
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When parents argue, children need reassurance. Learn what to say so your child knows the conflict is not their fault — and when to seek outside help.
How Does Severe Parental Conflict Affect Children?
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All children are affected when their parents are in conflict, silent moods included. A child psychologist on the signs and how to protect your children.
Creating Sustainable Agreements About Your Child
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What should a parenting agreement cover after a separation? Custody, where the child lives, holidays and handovers, and how to make it legally binding.
Are You Being Targeted by Your Co-parent?
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If your co-parent insults or attacks you, you can change the pattern. A two-step plan: map how contact works today, then set limits on how you communicate.
Co-Parenting Agreements Make Life Easier
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What should co-parents agree on after separation? Guidance on contact with the kids, how the two of you communicate, activities, and time together.
How to Build Trust With Your Child
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Your child needs to know they can come to you with anything. How to build trust, listen without defending yourself, and talk about their other parent.
How to Help Your Child Build Resilience
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How to strengthen your child's resilience: what it is, and how trust, support and age-appropriate involvement help children cope with big changes.
Parallel Parenting: When Conflicts Run Too Deep
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Parallel parenting means each parent runs their own home and contact stays minimal. Learn how to limit communication and shield your child from conflict.
Do You Need to Step Up or Let Go of Control?
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One parent carries the practical load, the other feels shut out. Learn how to step up — or let go of control — and build trust between your two homes.
A New Kind of Parenting - Ideally as a Team
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Co-parenting after separation works best as a team. Child psychologist Malin Bergström on trust, letting go, shared rules, and when to seek support.
How to Build a Co-parenting Team
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Build a co-parenting team after separation: why your different strengths help your child, and how neutral, correct and friendly contact keeps the peace.
Why Parental Cooperation Is Important
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Parental cooperation after a separation gives the child security. How to become a parenting team with your co-parent, and what your child gains from it.
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