Parallel parenting an option for parents who don’t get along

Family courts make custody decisions based on the best interests of the child, and sole custody is ordered relatively infrequently as courts generally want to involve both parents if possible.

For co-parenting to be effective, the parents must maintain healthy lines of communication with one another, and they must have respect for the relationships between their children and the other parent.

Children whose parents are divorced develop better when they have positive relationships with both of their parents.

Where the parents don't get along with one another, they might consider a parallel parenting relationship.

Parallel parenting is essentially a situation wherein parents co-parent, but do it as close to independently as possible.

It's an acknowledgment that the parents can't work together with regard to the day-to-day aspects of parenting.

The driving factor for most parents who choose this sort of arrangement is to minimize conflict going forward.

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