Gwyneth Paltrow made famous the term known as “conscious uncoupling” when she split with her first husband Chris Martin in March 2014. Since then, everywhere from the New York Times to Vogue have told us that conscious uncoupling has permeated break-up culture. The concept of two people coexisting as parents and working together for the benefit of their children, is often a difficult one to grasp, particularly following a heated divorce or breakup.
Divorce and separation should not in itself mean the breakdown of a family unit and of your parenting team. Despite the love being gone or a relationship no longer working, you and your former partner will continue to be co-parents in raising and caring for your children into the future. Team parenting, or co-parenting, is essential for the healthy development of children and assists in making the parenting role less frustrating and overall more rewarding.
So how do separated parents co-parent as a team, post breakdown of the relationship?
From experience, our Specialist Family Lawyers in Sydney have observed 5 fundamental mechanisms to the optimal co-parenting relationship.
It can be challenging to share parenting with an ex following a high-conflict divorce. Emotions are often running sky high – but as adults, it is so important to set those feelings aside for the sake of raising healthy children.
