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    To Co-parent a child, who is usually involved? Is it assumed it is the mother and father usually?
    Does this usually include family, daycare, school and everyone else under the sun?

  • #2
    The childrens two parents i.e. Father and Mother..unless one of siad individuals is incarcerated, dead, or willfully abandons the children (oh and when I say abandon I dont mean mommy decided daddy should'nt have the kids or vice versa)..

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    • #3
      Co-parenting means sharing parenting responsibilities with an ex-spouse living in a separate household

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      • #4
        An arrangement in a divorce or separation by which parents share legal and physical custody of a child or children.

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        • #5
          I think co-parent applies to all parents doesn't it? Even if you don't have joint custody, you still have to co-parent with your ex.

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          • #6
            I believe co-parenting could include anyone who shares in the parenting of a child so it could potentially include step-parents or other gaurdians as well.

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            • #7
              Grandparents?

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              • #8
                Well, I guess there's just another difference I have with my ex.
                Although my parents are helping me raise my child, I don't view them as they are co-parenting with me. They support me and offer guidance and help raise my child but they know they are not the parents and step away from that area. I take their thoughts and considerations but make my own decisions when it comes down to my child and they respect my decisions and my role.
                Am I totally wrong here, what are everyone's thoughts on this?

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                • #9
                  Here's a couple definitions I found:

                  “We propose that a coparenting relationship exists when at least two individuals are expected by mutual agreement or societal norms to have conjoint responsibility for a particular child’s well-being. Using this definition, coparenting is a viable dimension in married, never-married, and divorced couples regardless of the couple’s sexual orientation and whether the child is biologically linked to his/her caregivers” (Van Egeren & Hawkins, 2004, p. 166).

                  Source: Van Egeren, L.A., & Hawkins, D.P. (2004). Coming to terms with Coparenting: Implications of definition and measurement. Journal of Adult Development 11(3), 165-178.

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                  CO-PARENT - "Co-" is from the Latin "com-," which meant "together." Co-parents are two or more adults in any family who intentionally nurture dependent kids together. Active grandparents, aunts, and uncles and some older teens can act as co-parents
                  A co-parent can be a bioparent. a childless stepparent, or involved adult relative. Legally and physi-cally, divorcing-family and stepfamily co-parents are custodial, non-custodial, or share joint custody. "Par-ent" can be a family role, (noun) a nurturing process, (verb) or a person who conceives and/or nurtures a child (noun).
                  Some caregivers have stepparent and bioparent roles ("dual-role co-parents"). A nuclear stepfamily may have three or more co-parents living in two or more related homes with their resident and visiting bio-kids and stepkids. The complex multi-generational and social environment that typical kids, co-parents, and co-grandparents live in differs in up to 40 ways from intact biofamilies!
                  The term co-parent is emotionally neutral. That helps offset our old cultural bias that bioparents are "better" or more "normal" or "natural" than stepparents or foster parents. "

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                  • #10
                    ........ yes looks like co-parenting x at least 6 is more what it's looking like for us right now

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                    • #11
                      Any incident of custody of or access can be divided if it is in the child's best interest to do so. Grandparent's would be "any other person." See Section 21.

                      Section 21

                      Application for custody or access

                      21. (1) A parent of a child or any other person may apply to a court for an order respecting custody of or access to the child or determining any aspect of the incidents of custody of the child. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.12, s. 21.

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                      • #12
                        It takes a village!

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by blinkandimgone View Post
                          It takes a village!
                          Yeah but not all villages are created equally, mine's more like the "getto" village or "village of the apes" lol

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                          • #14
                            LOL!! I was thinking of starting a commune, myself!

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                            • #15
                              just make sure it doesn't turn into a cult lol

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