Parallel Parenting vs. Co-Parenting
Parenting Methods That May Work For You: Co-Parenting and Parallel Parenting
Ohio Courts may designate 1 parent as the sole custodial parent or both as equal residential parents under a shared parenting plan. In a divorce, the statute that establishes that is R.C. § 3109.04. The best interests of the child always are the paramount consideration.
However, there are two other parenting methods in the non-legal world that are important to be aware of in order to be fully informed.
Co-Parenting:
This approach will work best for those parents who act and problem-solve together despite their differences and are no longer living with one another. Typically, these parents are operating under a shared parenting plan.
This approach involves putting the best interest of your child first often by making going between houses a low-stress situation, attending school functions and extra-curricular events with one another, and frequent, detailed communication. Further, their parental interaction is cordial and there is a safe space for conflict resolution in order to keep a level of normalcy for the child. Essentially, a low conflict ideal situation for the kids!
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