Does your ex-spouse communicate with you? Or is it just silence when you try to co-parent. Listen to Darren and Paige talk about techniques to open the communications channels and improve co-parenting.
Show Notes
Does your ex-spouse communicate with you? Or is it just silence when you try to co-parent. Listen to Darren and Paige talk about techniques to open the communications channels and improve co-parenting.
What people do
- Blame Game
- Quiet treatment
- Push-pull
- You cannot make me
- Solo decision maker
- Withholding or punishing
- Trash talker
Ex won't communicate
- Document your communication
- Be Civil
- Do not post on Social media
- Don't involve other people
- Keep personal feeling aside
- Keep it short and sweet
- Use technology
- List both bio parents as contacts on forms
- Use a Mediator or someone your ex will listen to
- The last resort is court. Try and avoid
Overcoming
- Always be kind
- Ignore what you can
- Keep communication open
- Be collaborative in decisions
- Look at your own behavior
- Make sure your children are protected from anger and fighting
- Seek mediation before going into attack mode.
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