When going through divorce, it is important to cooperate with your co-parent for many reasons. But above all, what you want is for your child to get out of this situation with as little trauma as possible.
Can cooperation help with that? Exactly how does cooperation ease the way to understanding and acceptance?
Working together toward a joint conversation
As stated by Psychology Today, there are several things you can do to make divorce easier on your kids. Cooperation will help you achieve all of these actions. For example, they suggest you tell your child sooner rather than later. This gives them more time to process the changes that lie ahead.
You cannot easily plan your discussion if you and your co-parent are not on the same page and refuse to cooperate. By cooperating, you can come up with an outline in a quick and efficient way. What do you want to tell them? What questions do you think they will ask? What information will you keep to yourself? You can make all of these decisions much faster when working together.
Avoiding potential misunderstandings
There is also the tone of the conversation to take into consideration. Children are often more perceptive than we give them credit for. If you and your co-parent have tense relations, they will likely pick up on it. This can make them feel uncertain about their stability, which can feed any concerns or fears they have about the divorce.
Providing stability means showing your child that they can depend on both of their parents moving forward. This means cooperating and working together will provide the best possible foundation.
