Co-Parenting Basics
Types of Co-Parenting
Communication & Strategies
100

What is co-parenting?

What is both parents sharing responsibility for the child when not in a romantic partnership?
100

What type of co-parenting involves parents working together, communicating, and making joint decisions?

What is cooperative co-parenting?

100

What should parents do instead of putting their anger toward each other on their children?

What is keep adult conflict separate from parenting?

200

What should be the first priority when co-parenting?

What is the children's well being?

200

What type of co-parenting involves limited communication and separate household rules?

What is parallel parenting?

200

What is one tool parents can use to coordinate schedules, appointments, and activities?

What is a shared digital calendar?

300

What is the most important quality to have when co-parenting?

What is communication?

300

What type of co-parenting involves frequent disagreements, arguments, and conflict?

What is conflicted parenting?

300

What should parents avoid doing when talking about their co-parent in front of their children?

What is making negative comments or badmouthing the other parent?

400

True or false: parents must be in a romantic relationship to raise a child successfully?

What is false?

400

In this type of co-parenting, parents minimize direct contact to reduce conflict while maintaining separate routines.

What is parallel parenting?

400

During the first year after separation, how should parents try to handle drop-offs?

What is keeping interactions neutral and brief?

500

What is the main goal of healthy co-parenting?

What is providing a stable and safe environment?

500

Approximately what percentage of divorced couples achieve cooperative or healthy co-parenting?

What is 25-30%?

500

What is one way parents can help provide consistency between two households?

What is aligning routines, such as bedtimes and homework rules, where possible?