DO YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR PARENTING ORDER REVIEWED PRIOR TO THE HOLIDAY SEASON TO MINIMIZE STRESS ON THE CHILDREN (AND YOURSELF)?
The holiday season is a special time for everyone, but it’s extra special for the children. You might not be in the most comfortable place with your co-parent right now, especially if your divorce or separation is rather recent. Be sure to review your parenting agreement or order to make sure that you are complying with it. For the sake of helping your children experience the holiday season without stress, try and work together with your co-parent to coordinate certain aspects of the holiday season for the children.
WE CAN REVIEW YOUR PARENTING ORDER.
If you both will be spending time with your children over the holidays, speak with your co-parent about events you each plan to attend. This will help prepare your co-parent to talk about those events when the co-parent speaks with the children.
Also, have a conversation with your co-parent about gifts you are each thinking about giving the children. This is not a time to try and one-up your co-parent in terms of gift giving, but rather to coordinate who is giving what gift so that you are not duplicating gifts for the children.
