Co-Parenting Goal: Consistency is Key

Co-Parenting Goal: Consistency is Key

Hitting co-parenting goals won’t happen overnight. It is something that takes patience and energy, but well worth the time spent in terms of setting your kids up for success. Today’s co-parenting goal is to help you better understand why consistency is key, when it comes to helping your children cope.

Divorce has a tendency to uproot the foundation kids have come to know. When it comes to co-parenting having a sense of consistency with rules and rewards between households provides a constant.

Helpguide.org lists co-parenting as a team, as one of their top three tips for successful parenting during and after divorce. While they note the importance of kids learning to be flexible, as well as learning to entertain new ideas. The best way to set children up for success in terms of rules and rewards, is to have similar expectations between two households.

When children have consistency, they know what to expect and what is expected of them. This means they are less likely to get frustrated, by not knowing what is expected of them. Additionally, the simple act of trying to have similar routines in respect to meals, homework, and bedtime. Help provide a sense of stability in a world that has otherwise greatly changed in their eyes.

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