CoParentSpace: Co-Parenting & Divorce Support

The school sends an email. Parent-teacher meeting next Wednesday. Ten-minute slots between 4pm and 7pm. Please book online.

In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about parent-teacher meetings: Both, alternating, separate — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.

What we cover:
• The three configurations
• How to decide
• Booking
• On the day
• What gets said in the room
• After the meeting

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

📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/07-parent-teacher-meetings-both-alternating-separate?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, 6.40pm. Your eight-year-old has just been dropped off. They're taking off their shoes. They look up at you and say, in a careful voice that doesn't sound like an eight-year-old's:

In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about when your co-parent uses the children as messengers — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.

What we cover:
• Why the pattern happens
• What it does to the child
• What to do in the moment
• The follow-up with your Co-Parent
• When the pattern persists
• What to say to the child if they ask

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

📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/07-when-your-co-parent-uses-the-children-as-messengers?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 message arrives at 9.17am on a Tuesday. Did you see the school newsletter about the Year 4 trip?

In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about when to reply, when not to — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.

What we cover:
• The reply-by-default trap
• When a non-reply is the right move
• When silence is the wrong move
• The acknowledgement-only reply
• The buying-time reply
• When the silence-vs-reply pattern itself is the problem

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-to-reply-when-not-to?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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A Friday evening. You've just told your eleven-year-old that the holiday plan for next month has changed, because their dad's work trip moved and the only weekend you can both make it work is the one your child was hoping to spend at home with their friends. You explained it calmly. You expected some pushback.

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

What we cover:
• Why the blame lands on one parent
• What you're actually being told
• What the wrong responses are
• What the right response is
• What this teaches the child, over time
• When the blame is a pattern

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-your-child-blames-you?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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Your friend recommended a therapist. Your sister mentioned a coach. The mediator your Co-Parent met with last week sent a useful email. You have a vague sense that all three are forms of professional help that might be useful at this point in your co-parenting, and a clearer sense that you don't know which one you actually need.

In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about mediation vs: therapy vs: coaching — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.

What we cover:
• What each profession does
• How to choose between them
• When you might want more than one
• The signals you're with the wrong one
• What about other categories

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

📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/05-mediation-vs-therapy-vs-coaching?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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Your six-year-old, dry for two years, is wetting the bed again. Or your eight-year-old has started using baby talk, or wants to be carried, or won't sleep without a light on after years of the dark being fine. A skill you thought was settled has come undone, and a child who was moving forward seems to have slipped backward. It's unsettling, and it can feel like a problem you need to fix or a sign that something has gone wrong.

In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about regression after a big change — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.

What we cover:
• Going backward to feel safe
• Meet the younger need without alarm
• It usually resolves on its own
• When to look a little closer
• 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/05-regression-after-a-big-change?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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Tuesday afternoon. Your son tells you, casually, Daddy lets me stay up till nine. You nod. You don't say anything. Inside, you're calculating. Your bedtime is 8:00. His is 9:00. That's an hour. Four nights a week. That's four hours of sleep a week your son loses, in your view, to a co-parent who you think is just bad at this.

In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about the 7pm vs 9pm bedtime: When parents disagree — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.

What we cover:
• Why this disagreement is so common
• What the science says
• What has to align, and what doesn't
• How to work this through
• When you can't agree

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

📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/06-7pm-vs-9pm-bedtime?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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Saturday afternoon. You're on the living room floor with your ten-month-old, who is propped up by a cushion, working on a wooden block. She hears a car door. Her head turns toward the window. She doesn't move. She watches. A minute later your Co-Parent rings the bell. You let him in, hand him the bag with the bottle and the spare nappy, and watch her face. She tracks him across the room. She doesn't smile, doesn't fuss. She's working something out.

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

What we cover:
• What infant scheduling is actually about
• The 72-hour rule
• What works at 0 to 6 months
• What works at 6 to 12 months
• What works at 12 to 18 months
• The shape of an infant Joy Window

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-schedules-for-infants?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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Friday night. Your son is at a friend's place. Curfew at yours is 11. He calls at 10:45.

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

What we cover:
• What a curfew actually does
• What two-home curfews look like
• What to align on
• What can be left to differ
• When the teen plays the gap
• When you and the Co-Parent disagree on a specific night

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

📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/06-curfews-in-two-homes?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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Tuesday, 4:15pm. The reading record is open on the kitchen table.

In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about reading records, homework diaries, signed slips — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.

What we cover:
• The reading record
• The homework diary
• Permission slips
• The communication book
• When neither home signed it

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

📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/06-reading-records-homework-diaries-signed-slips?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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