Co-parenting

When One Parent Decides to Move After a Separation

When One Parent Decides to Move After a Separation

Here’s how three parents are navigating a relocation, what it means for kids, and how experts advise co-parents handle the situation.

What is Positive Co-Parenting? And How You Can Achieve it.

What is Positive Co-Parenting? And How You Can Achieve it.

Breaking up is hard to do…but even harder when you have children. An expert shares how to navigate a new parenting relationship.

Stefanie Peachey

How to deal when your ex spoils your kids

How to deal when your ex spoils your kids

It's incredibly frustrating when your ex is a "Disneyland Dad". Here's how to build boundaries, communicate better and maybe even find some compassion.

Caitlin Crawshaw

I left my kids and husband to find myself

I left my kids and husband to find myself

https://www.todaysparent.com/family/parenting/ways-i-helped-my-daughter-through-my-divorce/

Chatelaine, as told to Danielle Groen

Why more people are having babies with their platonic friends

Why more people are having babies with their platonic friends

Drawing up a contract to raise a child with a platonic partner isn't quite as romantic, but it's an increasingly popular model for parenthood.

Sarah Treleaven

How to deal when your parenting styles clash

How to deal when your parenting styles clash

Do you parent dramatically differently than your partner? We share ways to find common ground when it comes to raising your kids.

Kate Daley

What if you want your kids to get the COVID vaccine but your ex says no?

What if you want your kids to get the COVID vaccine but your ex says no?

Anna-Marie Musson

Polyamorous parenting: The surprising benefits of the ultimate modern family

Polyamorous parenting: The surprising benefits of the ultimate modern family

A growing number of Canadian parents are polyamorous. Experts, parents and even kids say it offers some surprising benefits.

Briony Smith

11 ways to make shared custody not suck

11 ways to make shared custody not suck

As the song goes, "breaking up is hard to do." But there are ways to make shared custody easier on your kids. Here's how to rock at co-parenting.

Dawn Calleja

I pulled my kid from e-learning and have zero regrets

I pulled my kid from e-learning and have zero regrets

I decided something had to give—it was either my sanity, my son's ability to see me as a loving parent, or e-learning. Obviously, e-learning had to go.

Monica Belyea

We thought we had co-parenting down—then the pandemic happened

We thought we had co-parenting down—then the pandemic happened

Co-parenting is tough in the best of times, and the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, has made things a little extra weird around here.

Nadine Silverthorne

The pain of being a part-time parent

The pain of being a part-time parent

Because I share custody with my ex-husband, balance is built into my life. But every time the kids go to their dad’s, my heart breaks and I want them back.

Suzanne Hayes

How helping my husband discover he’s gay helped me let go

How helping my husband discover he’s gay helped me let go

One thing I never thought I’d do with my husband? Help him write an ad for a new same-sex partner. It made me realize the incredible stretchiness of love.

Janine Cole

29 celebrity exes who are co-parenting their kids after they split

29 celebrity exes who are co-parenting their kids after they split

From Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck to Jenna Dewan and Channing Tatum, these celeb exes opened up about how they make co-parenting work for their families.

Ariel Deutschmann

7 ways I helped my daughter through my divorce

7 ways I helped my daughter through my divorce

It was a sad day when I accepted that living separate lives might be the only way forward.

Elise Kaiman

Canada’s divorce laws could soon be updated to put children first

Canada’s divorce laws could soon be updated to put children first

The Liberal government is overhauling the Divorce Act for the first time since 1998. Here’s what you need to know about the potential changes.

Sarah Boesveld, Chatelaine

This husband's "sexts" are exactly what a woman wants

This husband's "sexts" are exactly what a woman wants

When it comes to sparking romance, sometimes what really gets a woman going is surprisingly clean.

Liz Krieger

Co-parenting after you’ve left an abusive relationship

Co-parenting after you’ve left an abusive relationship

Leaving an abusive partner doesn’t always end the cycle of violence, but these strategies can make it easier to cope.

Caitlin Crawshaw

Elvira Kurt: “We ended our relationship, but we didn’t end our family”

Elvira Kurt: “We ended our relationship, but we didn’t end our family”

The comedian and mother of two discusses the origins of her unbreakable family.

Ryan Porter

Divorce: Most kids thrive better with this custody arrangement

Divorce: Most kids thrive better with this custody arrangement

A new study of preschool children examines the psychological effects of different post-divorce living situations

Brandie Weikle