Former Collaborative Law Institute of Texas president Syd Sharples provides terrific advice for co-parenting in summer in Austin Family — based on earlier work she’s done on this blog, she’s just published an article giving divorced parents tips for how to navigate summer schedules and activities.
As she notes in the article, summer can be a wonderful time for parents because, with the structure of the school year taken away, it allows each parent longer stretches of time to spend with their kids. However, the lack of structure that the school year provides makes it necessary for parents to create their own arrangements and stick to them — and it’s not something that all parents are immediately practiced at doing.
The article talks about the importance of factoring in emotions as well as creating structure — and even though divorced parents are already a month into summer, the article’s a good read for parents who want to make sure they’re doing it well or who want to do better.
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