Conscious Parent's Guide to Coparenting

An invaluable resource for children and parents in transition • A guide to parenting with mindfulness, flexibility, and resilience to provide a calm and centered emotional environment for children during divorce and while being raised in a two-home family • Research has shown that coparenting has numerous benefits on children, including developing feelings of stability, continuing relationships with both parents, and not feeling torn between parents. (University of New Hampshire) Coparenting means putting your child's needs first. And conscious parenting acknowledges a child's thoughts, feelings, and needs, as well as a parent's responsibility to them. The Conscious Parent's Guide to Coparenting is a guide to coparenting with mindfulness and flexibility, teaching parents how to foster forgiveness and find constructive ways to move on when relationships change. This relationship-centered handbook advises parents on: • Communicating openly with children about divorce • Discussing and reaching parenting decisions together • Building a coparenting relationship based on mutual respect • Protecting children, meeting their needs, and helping them build resilience The concept of ending a marriage peacefully, with compassion and respect for former partners, is often viewed with surprise in modern society. However, choosing to consciously coparent is an important choice for parents and children--one that will benefit the emotional health of the family for years to come.