After divorce, communicating with the other parent in a child focused, businesslike manner can be maximized when parents utilize online systems for parents raising kids in two homes. These centrally located programs can assist parents in developing weekly schedules for the kids, provide logistical information, build a searchable history and timeline of key events for children as information is kept “in the cloud” for both parents.
Google Calendar:
The Google calendar is an online solution perfect for DIY parents who like to customize and design a calendar that meets the needs of the family. To create a family calendar, each parent will need to set up a family Gmail account. Then parents will go to Google and set up a separate calendar to add kid’s events such as medical appointment, school events, or details of extra curricular activities, that can be seen by the other parent. The other parent will need to accept the offer to share the calendar. Be sure and check that box that generates and email notifying each parent that a new calendar entry or amendment was made.
For parents who are not scared of technology, parents can utilize Google Labs to enable calendar to include event attachments. Including receipts, report cards, photos of the child, and medical records,
Be sure to check settings on Google calendar to make it private.
Click on this link to get started:
https://support.google.com/families/answer/7157782?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
Talking Parents:
Basic service is no cost to the parents but can update to a premium package for a monthly fee.
Basic service include messaging and email service between parents.
Premium accounts include unlimited access to PDF records; a totally ad-free experience across all devices; a discount on printed records; and access to new message notifications on their mobile device. Parents can cancel Premium status and their account will simply revert back to a standard account.
Check it out here:
https://www.talkingparents.com/
Our Family Wizard:
Our Family Wizard is a one-stop platform for busy parents who do not have the time or the skill to design their own calendar.
Available tools include: messaging, parenting time schedules, online calendar, email service, expense log, payment portal for reimbursement of children’s expenses, online record keeping in information bank, message board, and mobile app. The “tonemeter” is a nifty tool to improve the quality of co-parent correspondence. The yearly cost of this software can be cost prohibitive to some parents.
Check it out here
https://www.ourfamilywizard.com/
Talking Parents:
Basic service is no cost to the parents but can update to a premium package for a monthly fee.
Basic service include messaging and email service between parents.
Premium accounts include unlimited access to PDF records; a totally ad-free experience across all devices; a discount on printed records; and access to new message notifications on their mobile device. Parents can cancel Premium status and their account will simply revert back to a standard account.
Check it out here:
https://www.talkingparents.com/
2Houses
This online portal provides: Family calendar, expense management, document storage for educational, medical, and financial information, photo book, journal function to make notes about kids activities and well being, push notifications to phone, lists, and task management. 2Houses is available in several languages for non-English speaking parents. The yearly cost of this software can be cost prohibitive to some parents.
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