How My Ex and I Show Our Kids What Healthy Co-Parenting Looks Like

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When my children were 9 and 11, they received the news that no child wants to hear: Mom and dad were getting divorced.

I won’t sugar coat it. The conversation was brutal. They cried, asked why, and begged for us to reconsider. They were devastated. I was devastated. We were all devastated.

Three years later, my children are thriving — due in large part to the solid relationship their father and I have been able to establish and maintain.

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