CoParentSpace: Co-Parenting & Divorce Support

Friday afternoon. The school gate. Your six-year-old is in the queue with her teacher, holding the small reading book to her chest. Your ten-year-old is across the yard with his friends, laughing about something, oblivious to your wave. Both come to you in a minute. Both will be at their Co-Parent's by tonight. The bag for the six-year-old has the comfort blanket, the spare jumper, the swimming kit for tomorrow morning.

In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about schedules for school-age children — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.

What we cover:
• The two halves of this age range
• The schedules that fit at each age
• What gets harder across this age range
• What the child experiences across the schedule
• What the parents experience across this age range
• When the schedule is wrong but no one is saying so

Made for parents raising children across two homes. Best for: Ages 4–7.

📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/08-schedules-for-school-age-children?utm_source=buzzsprout&utm_medium=podcast
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CoParentSpace is the calm space for separated parents and their children — practical co-parenting and parenting-after-divorce support for life across two homes.

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You're driving him home from football. He's looking out the window. He's quiet in a way that's different from his usual quiet. After a few minutes he says, without looking at you:

In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about when your teen wants to live with the Co-Parent — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.

What we cover:
• Why this lands so hard
• What might be happening
• What not to do in the first hour
• What to do in the first 24 hours
• The conversation with the Co-Parent
• How much weight to give the teen's view

Made for parents raising children across two homes. Best for: Teens 13+.

📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/08-when-your-teen-wants-to-live-with-the-co-parent?utm_source=buzzsprout&utm_medium=podcast
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CoParentSpace is the calm space for separated parents and their children — practical co-parenting and parenting-after-divorce support for life across two homes.

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Three weeks before the school trip. The slip comes home in the bag.

In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about the school trip: Permissions, payments, packing — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.

What we cover:
• The decision
• Payment
• Packing
• The night before
• During the trip

Made for parents raising children across two homes. Best for: Ages 4–12.

📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/08-the-school-trip-permissions-payments-packing?utm_source=buzzsprout&utm_medium=podcast
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CoParentSpace is the calm space for separated parents and their children — practical co-parenting and parenting-after-divorce support for life across two homes.

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Friday evening. Your eight-year-old has just come back from the second home. They open the fridge, scan it, close it, open the cupboard, look at the granola bars you bought, and say, with mild contempt, we had Coke for breakfast at Dad's. You stand there with the dish towel in your hand. You're not sure what the right response is. You know what the wrong responses are. We don't do Coke for breakfast in this house sounds petty. That's not breakfast sounds preachy.

In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about when you disagree on food rules — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.

What we cover:
• What food rules are actually about
• What about food actually matters for children
• What's a rule difference and what's a missing floor
• What you can shift in your own home
• When to talk to your co-parent about food
• The hardest version

Made for parents raising children across two homes. Best for: All ages.

📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/05-when-you-disagree-on-food-rules?utm_source=buzzsprout&utm_medium=podcast
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CoParentSpace is the calm space for separated parents and their children — practical co-parenting and parenting-after-divorce support for life across two homes.

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The mornings have become a standoff of a different kind. Stomach aches that appear at breakfast and vanish by mid-morning. Tears at the school gate. A child clinging to you, pleading to stay home, or flatly refusing to get dressed. What used to be an ordinary part of the day has turned into a daily struggle, and you're caught between getting them to school and the genuine distress that getting them there seems to cause.

In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about when your child won't go to school — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.

What we cover:
• It's usually not about school
• The reassurance that doesn't reassure
• Gentle but firm return
• Work with the school
• When it needs more
• The line you carry

Made for parents raising children across two homes. Best for: All ages.

📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/06-when-your-child-wont-go-to-school?utm_source=buzzsprout&utm_medium=podcast
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CoParentSpace is the calm space for separated parents and their children — practical co-parenting and parenting-after-divorce support for life across two homes.

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The night before your child's eleventh birthday. You're in the living room with wrapping paper and a roll of tape that keeps coming off the dispenser. The gift on the floor is a bike. You bought it last weekend, after three months of your child mentioning bikes in every conversation about anything.

In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about birthday and holiday gifts — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.

What we cover:
• Three kinds of gift
• Family event gifts: the two-gift trap
• The big gift
• Outgoing gifts: the friends' party drain
• Incoming gifts from relatives
• When the Pool funds and when it doesn't

Made for parents raising children across two homes. Best for: All ages.

📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/06-birthday-and-holiday-gifts?utm_source=buzzsprout&utm_medium=podcast
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CoParentSpace is the calm space for separated parents and their children — practical co-parenting and parenting-after-divorce support for life across two homes.

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Saturday morning. You and your 9-year-old are walking the dog. He's been quiet for the last ten minutes, which is unusual. The dog has been sniffing the same lamp post for a long time. You're about to say something about the weather when he looks at the ground and asks, did you and Mum just stop loving each other or was there something else?

In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about how to talk to an 8-year-old about separation — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.

What we cover:
• What's different at this age
• What you can say at this age
• How to have the conversation
• The questions that come at this age
• The loyalty trap
• What to watch for

Made for parents raising children across two homes. Best for: Ages 8–12.

📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/06-how-to-talk-to-an-8-year-old?utm_source=buzzsprout&utm_medium=podcast
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CoParentSpace is the calm space for separated parents and their children — practical co-parenting and parenting-after-divorce support for life across two homes.

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She arrives at the door. She's been fine in the car. She walked up to the gate holding your hand. The receiving parent opens the door, smiles, says her name. And then it begins. Her body goes stiff. Her face changes colour. She drops to the floor. She kicks. Her voice goes up two octaves and stays there. She's screaming about a yogurt. Or a sticker. Or nothing identifiable. The receiving parent is standing in the doorway. You're standing in the path.

In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about toddler tantrums at the Relay — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.

What we cover:
• What's happening physiologically
• Why the Relay specifically
• What it isn't
• What helps in the moment
• After the tantrum
• Patterns to watch

Made for parents raising children across two homes. Best for: Ages 0–3.

📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/06-toddler-tantrums-at-the-relay?utm_source=buzzsprout&utm_medium=podcast
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CoParentSpace is the calm space for separated parents and their children — practical co-parenting and parenting-after-divorce support for life across two homes.

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Wednesday afternoon. The daycare gate. Your two-year-old is sitting on the floor by the cubby, working out his shoes. His Co-Parent is here for pickup. You're a couple of metres away with the bag, the bottle, the spare jumper, and the small folded note about his cough. He sees Papa, runs over, then turns around to check that you're watching him do it. You wave. He smiles, takes Papa's hand, and they walk to the car.

In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about schedules for toddlers — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.

What we cover:
• What changes between infant and toddler scheduling
• The schedules that work at this age
• The handover is now the hardest part
• The Relay through daycare
• Sleep at two homes
• What this asks of the parents

Made for parents raising children across two homes. Best for: Ages 0–3.

📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/07-schedules-for-toddlers?utm_source=buzzsprout&utm_medium=podcast
🌱 Explore the Living Library of evidence-based co-parenting articles: coparentspace.com

CoParentSpace is the calm space for separated parents and their children — practical co-parenting and parenting-after-divorce support for life across two homes.

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Three Wednesdays in a row, your daughter has come home from school, gone straight to her room, and stayed there till morning. She's eaten dinner alone. Her grades haven't dropped. She's not visibly upset. She's just quieter, smaller, more inside herself.

In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about mental health in the teenage years — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.

What we cover:
• The frame
• Why the teen years are particularly vulnerable
• The signs that aren't dramatic but matter
• The signs that need urgent action
• What to do when you notice something
• The Co-Parent dimension

Made for parents raising children across two homes. Best for: Teens 13+.

📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/07-mental-health-in-the-teenage-years?utm_source=buzzsprout&utm_medium=podcast
🌱 Explore the Living Library of evidence-based co-parenting articles: coparentspace.com

CoParentSpace is the calm space for separated parents and their children — practical co-parenting and parenting-after-divorce support for life across two homes.

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