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Transitioning into co-parenting after a divorce can bring new routines, responsibilities, and challenges for any family. Even when both parents are committed to supporting their children, navigating shared parenting time and decision-making responsibility can take time and patience. The good news is that with the right tools and mindset, co-parenting can be productive, respectful, and centred on what matters most, your children’s well-being. Below are practical tips to help parents build a successful co-parenting relationship after separation or divorce.

Can you let your child choose not to see their access parent? When a client is going through a separation, this is a question that I am often asked. Under most circumstances, the answer is always no, unless there are safety, well-being concerns, a parent is not permitted to acquiesce to a child’s refusal to see the other parent. Instead, the custodial parent has an affirmative obligation to encourage, facilitate a relationship with the other parent.









