CoParentSpace: Co-Parenting & Divorce Support

Sunday evening. Six fifty-one. The bath water is draining. Your seven-year-old has just thrown the rubber duck against the wall hard enough that you heard the bounce from the kitchen. They're now sitting on the bath mat with a towel half on and the wet hair plastered down, crying in a way that doesn't have any words in it.

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

What we cover:
• What's actually happening
• The version where the Co-Parent is the primary home
• What the meltdown isn't
• What you do
• When the meltdown isn't this
• Talking about it later, if at all

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

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Saturday morning. Eleven oh-six. You're standing in front of your wardrobe with two shirts on hangers in your hands. The blue one or the grey one. The introduction is at three. A park you've been to a hundred times with your eight-year-old. Your new partner is meeting you there with the dog they sometimes bring on walks.

In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about when and how to introduce a new partner after divorce, what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why, grounded in attachment science and clinical research.

What we cover:
• The instinct is to over-stage
• Three principles
• Before the introduction. The brief with your new partner
• Before the introduction. The brief with your child
• The introduction itself
• After the introduction

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

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The call has been going for three minutes. Your five-year-old is already looking off-screen at something in the room. You ask another question. They answer in one word. You ask another. They wander off entirely and the phone is now showing the ceiling. On the other end, you're left talking to a light fixture, wondering what you did wrong.

In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about video calls that work, by age — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.

What we cover:
• The under-twos: presence, not conversation
• The three-to-fives: do something they can watch
• The six-to-nines: now the conversation works
• The ten-to-thirteens: respect the shrinking window
• The teens: be available, don't chase
• What every age shares

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

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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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It's seven on a Sunday evening. Your child has been on a five-day course of antibiotics since Wednesday. They've had four doses. Three more to go: tonight's, tomorrow morning's, tomorrow evening's. Tomorrow morning they switch to your Co-Parent's home.

In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about medication: Doses, schedules, and the night-time switch — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.

What we cover:
• The medication record
• The handover routine
• The night-time switch
• Chronic-condition medications
• The harder cases

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

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Your Co-Parent agreed. The reply came in two days after your message, slightly hesitant, ultimately a yes. Okay, let's try it. How do we find someone?

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

What we cover:
• The criteria that matter
• Where to look
• The first phone call
• Red flags
• After the screening
• If it doesn't work out

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

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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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t's 10.43pm on a Sunday. The child has been back at your Co-Parent's for six hours. You're sitting at the kitchen table with the school folder you didn't have time to look at this morning. There's a form due Friday that someone should have flagged a week ago. The form needs a signature from both of you and information you don't have. The note attached says please ensure both parents have reviewed.

In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about the 24-hour rule — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.

What we cover:
• Recognising activation in your body
• The parking lot
• The morning reread
• When 24 hours isn't right
• When you've broken the rule

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

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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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Late August. The email arrives at 9:14am. Term 1 fee reminder. Payable by 31 August. Please confirm the payee for invoicing purposes.

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

What we cover:
• The advance setup
• The in-term moments
• The pattern at the end of each term
• The annual conversation
• When fees change suddenly
• The closing pattern

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

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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 evening. Your seven-year-old is in the bath. You're sitting on the closed lid of the toilet, scrolling through your phone, half-listening. She's been washing her hair without saying anything for a while. Then, without looking at you, she says it. Why aren't you and Daddy together anymore?

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

What we cover:
• Why this question is so hard
• The principle, restated
• The pattern of the question
• Age by age
• The version that's true and unflattering
• When the question lands and you're not ready

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

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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're at the kitchen table with your Co-Parent over a video call. You have a calendar in front of you. You're trying to work out a schedule that gives both of you real time with the kids and doesn't drive your six-year-old into the ground with transitions. The lawyer suggested 2-2-3. Neither of you fully understands what that means in practice. You agreed to look at it before next week.

In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about the 2-2-3 schedule — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.

What we cover:
• What the pattern is
• Why it's the most common school-age schedule
• What the days actually feel like
• What this asks of the parents
• When the 2-2-3 starts to age out
• Two common variations

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

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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 afternoon. The schedule says your son is at the Co-Parent's tonight. He's at your house, lying on the sofa, looking at his phone. The pickup is in twenty minutes. He hasn't packed.

In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about the teen who doesn't want to go to one home, what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.

What we cover:
• What might be happening
• Don't escalate immediately
• How to find out what's going on
• What to do this Friday
• The conversation between you and the Co-Parent
• When to lean in and when to back off

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

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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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