The Role of Co-Parenting In Families of Divorce
Elliot Schwartz #2725190
The University of Kansas
11/19/2015
Author Note:
Elliot Schwartz, PSYC 333, The University of Kansas,
Submitted as partial requirement of PSYC 333 Development In marage two people are drawn together to create an alliance and declare the reasons why they are with each other. In many of these alliances the two people decide to bring a child into the world. However, the reasons that brought these two together do not always hold strong, and for rational only the two of can truly understand couples marriages end in divorce. This can be especially overwhelming for a couple who have decided to build a family together. Yet, in a situation where a families …show more content…
Coparenting: A Conceptual and Clinical Examination of Family Systems describe coparenting as “an enterprise undertaken by two or more adults working together to raise a child for whom they share responsibility” (McHale & Lindhal, 2011). This term goes with any alliance between two people who have agreed on taking on the challenges of raising a child, divorced or not divorced. With that, the approach to coparenting in a marriage and coparenting following a divorce tend to differ. Post divorce coparenting focuses on the methods and decions made by parents to raise a child together after the divorce has occurred. This is looked at in many different ways, some being; how the parents communicate, how they interact, and how they decide to care for the child (Beckmeyer, Coleman & Ganong 2014). Coparenting in these situations looks at the cooperativness of the parents in takeing care of the childs needs despite their separation of …show more content…
Some of these factors being the distance between the parents, the possible strife now created amongst the parents, as well as a new way of living the child may not be familiar with (McBroom 2010). With divorce, comes the literal separation of the child’s two parents. An idea that the child has become so secure with is that the child lives with his parents. Now this simple idea that the child has become accustomed to is being inverted. A distance between the two people the child has built an attachment to has been created. The distance of separation varies with each relationship. In some cases the separation can be short and only a walk or a short drive can separate the parents. In other cases the detachment can be longer, where the parents find themselves separated by cities or even states. Along with distance conflict can affect how an adolescent expierences a divorce.. This type of conflict can arise greatly in the amount of communication between the parents. In terms of communication the parents may speak little or not even at all. In unfortunate examples, the only communication efforts between the two parents are passed through the child (McBroom 2010). Also, the style of living that the child was once used to now must change as a result of the divorce. The separation causes an economic burden on the parents to possess separate finances while still
Elliot Schwartz #2725190
The University of Kansas
11/19/2015
Author Note:
Elliot Schwartz, PSYC 333, The University of Kansas,
Submitted as partial requirement of PSYC 333 Development In marage two people are drawn together to create an alliance and declare the reasons why they are with each other. In many of these alliances the two people decide to bring a child into the world. However, the reasons that brought these two together do not always hold strong, and for rational only the two of can truly understand couples marriages end in divorce. This can be especially overwhelming for a couple who have decided to build a family together. Yet, in a situation where a families …show more content…
Coparenting: A Conceptual and Clinical Examination of Family Systems describe coparenting as “an enterprise undertaken by two or more adults working together to raise a child for whom they share responsibility” (McHale & Lindhal, 2011). This term goes with any alliance between two people who have agreed on taking on the challenges of raising a child, divorced or not divorced. With that, the approach to coparenting in a marriage and coparenting following a divorce tend to differ. Post divorce coparenting focuses on the methods and decions made by parents to raise a child together after the divorce has occurred. This is looked at in many different ways, some being; how the parents communicate, how they interact, and how they decide to care for the child (Beckmeyer, Coleman & Ganong 2014). Coparenting in these situations looks at the cooperativness of the parents in takeing care of the childs needs despite their separation of …show more content…
Some of these factors being the distance between the parents, the possible strife now created amongst the parents, as well as a new way of living the child may not be familiar with (McBroom 2010). With divorce, comes the literal separation of the child’s two parents. An idea that the child has become so secure with is that the child lives with his parents. Now this simple idea that the child has become accustomed to is being inverted. A distance between the two people the child has built an attachment to has been created. The distance of separation varies with each relationship. In some cases the separation can be short and only a walk or a short drive can separate the parents. In other cases the detachment can be longer, where the parents find themselves separated by cities or even states. Along with distance conflict can affect how an adolescent expierences a divorce.. This type of conflict can arise greatly in the amount of communication between the parents. In terms of communication the parents may speak little or not even at all. In unfortunate examples, the only communication efforts between the two parents are passed through the child (McBroom 2010). Also, the style of living that the child was once used to now must change as a result of the divorce. The separation causes an economic burden on the parents to possess separate finances while still