When Parenting Time Collides
It’s little Susie’s birthday, which is happening on Memorial Day weekend that is part of the summer break from school. Whose parenting time is it? When figuring out [...]
Sharing Information in the Information Age
The duty is on each parent to reach out to the child’s school and medical providers for information. And a general rule is that if there is information a parent would want to know themselves, they should probably share it with the other parent.
Shaming, Blaming, Scrolling and other Communication Crimes
Your child has one childhood. You must decide and act with intention if you are to make that childhood a peaceful one. If you engage in peaceful and constructive communication, not only will your message get through more easily, but you will begin to unravel the ugly communication by not adding to the nastiness.
Reasonable Telephone Contact Should Be . . . Well . . . Reasonable
Parents are encouraged to maintain open, positive and frequent contact with their children. The Indiana Parenting Time Guidelines provide that: “both parents shall have reasonable phone access to their child. Telephone communication with the child by either parent to the residence where the child is located shall be conducted at reasonable hours, shall be of reasonable duration, and at reasonable intervals, without interference from the other parent.”