co-parenting
Raising kids together
Co-parenting is the shared raising of a child by two or more adults, typically parents who are separated or divorced.
The term emphasizes cooperation and communication between caregivers who maintain separate households: We've worked out a co-parenting schedule that gives the kids stability.
Co-parenting can also describe arrangements between unmarried parents or non-romantic partners who choose to raise a child together.
Divided parental legal responsibility
- shared custodyBoth parents raise child
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
- custody agreementLegal child-sharing terms
- custodialOf protective supervision
noncustodial · alternating weeks · weekends · holidays · schedule · handoffs · exchanges · pickup
Tribunal for household legal matters
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- family lawJurisprudence of households
- custody orderCourt ruling on childcare
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
child support · attorneys · custody battle · modification · enforcement · court order · jurisdiction · filing
Organized cooperative movement
- boundariesLines marking separation
- shared calendarSchedule multiple people access
- updatesNewly provided information
- check-insArrival confirmations
flexibility · consistency · ground rules · mutual respect · compromise · conflict resolution · civil · amicable
Legal end of matrimony
- blended familyHousehold with steprelations
- stepparentSpouse's prior child's caregiver
- ex-spouseDivorced husband or wife
- transitionsMovements between states
Established sequences of actions
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- bedtimeDesignated hour for retiring
- homeworkStudent assignments for outside class
- nutritionBodily use of food
schooling · milestones · extracurriculars · consistency · values · rules · screen time · allowance
joint custody
Divided parental legal responsibility
- shared custodyBoth parents raise child
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
- custody agreementLegal child-sharing terms
custodial · noncustodial · alternating weeks · weekends · holidays · schedule · handoffs · exchanges · pickup · drop-off
family court
Tribunal for household legal matters
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- family lawJurisprudence of households
- custody orderCourt ruling on childcare
decree · child support · attorneys · custody battle · modification · enforcement · court order · jurisdiction · filing
coordination
Organized cooperative movement
- boundariesLines marking separation
- shared calendarSchedule multiple people access
- updatesNewly provided information
check-ins · flexibility · consistency · ground rules · mutual respect · compromise · conflict resolution · civil · amicable · united front
divorce
Legal end of matrimony
- blended familyHousehold with steprelations
- stepparentSpouse's prior child's caregiver
- ex-spouseDivorced husband or wife
routines
Established sequences of actions
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- bedtimeDesignated hour for retiring
- homeworkStudent assignments for outside class
nutrition · schooling · milestones · extracurriculars · consistency · values · rules · screen time · allowance
- family lifebirth, kinship, childbirth, pregnancy, new baby
- parentingchild, mom, children, kids, childcare
- family dynamicsfamily dynamics, family roles, family therapy, sibling rivalry, family values
- cooperationteamwork, collaboration, joint effort, mutual aid, mutual support
- family dutiescaregiving, childcare, elder care, family support, chores
- family structuresnuclear family, extended family, blended family, stepfamily, foster family
co-parentingsole custody
One parent's complete authority
single parenting · full custody · solo parenting · primary custody · single parenthood
co-parentingparental neglect
Failing to care for dependents
child abandonment · estrangement · institutional care · orphanhood
parent, parenting, parental, parentage, parenthood, co-parent, unparented, co-parents, reparenting