{"id":1137,"date":"2019-01-22T09:30:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T09:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/?p=1137"},"modified":"2019-01-21T16:09:44","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T16:09:44","slug":"how-to-make-co-parenting-successful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/how-to-make-co-parenting-successful\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Co-Parenting Successful"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By: Valerie E. Anias<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Figuring\nout how to co-parent after a break up, separation, or divorce is\ndifficult.&nbsp; We especially see breakdowns\nin communication during the holidays.&nbsp; Now\nthat the holidays are behind us, ERA Law Group, LLC want to help parents by\nidentifying various resources available to help them Co-Parent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some\nparents find difficulty in communicating with one another.&nbsp; At times the communication is simple and\nother times, it is rather difficult.&nbsp;\nNonetheless, both must parent their children.&nbsp; Removing face-to-face conversation is\nsometimes the best place to start when trying to co-parent effectively.&nbsp; The below programs and apps provide various\nresources for the separated and divorced parents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Our Family Wizard<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Our\nFamily Wizard is an online program which provides a platform for\ncommunication.&nbsp; The parents can \u201cemail\u201d\nback and forth, add items to a joint calendar, and, most importantly, if their\ndispute needs to be taken to Court, the correspondence can be tracked by the\nCourt.&nbsp; This also serves as a means to\nencourage parents to speak with each other in a respectful manner and keep it\nabout the children.&nbsp; There is an annual\ncost of approximately $100.00 per parent.&nbsp;\nThis is a web-based program though there is an app for iOS and Android.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>2Houses<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Similar\nto Our Family Wizard, this program offers a mutual calendar, financial tab, and\nphoto album tab.&nbsp; It does not allow for\ndirect communication but there is a journal function which allows parents to\nmake notes.&nbsp; The financial tab is\nparticularly helpful as it outlines each parents expenses and each parent can\nupload what expenses they have paid on behalf of the child.&nbsp; There is no cost to this program.&nbsp; This is a web-based program though there is an\napp for iOS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Kidganizer<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Like\nthe former two programs, this is also a means for both parents to keep\ninformation related to their children in one central location.&nbsp; It does not permit the parents a platform for\ndirect communication such as Our Family Wizard, but there is an alert system to\nalert each parent regarding important events like doctor appointments or\nparent-teacher conferences.&nbsp; This is an\niOS only app program and costs $1.99.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Custody Junction<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Custody\nJunction provides a Scheduling Center which allows parents to schedule their visitation\/events\/vacations,\netc. up to 2 years in advance.&nbsp; It also\nhas a Tracking Center which allows parents to track when events were created,\nedited, amended, what the expenses were, who was present at each event,\netc.&nbsp; It gets rid of the \u201che said, she\nsaid\u201d regarding who, what, where, and when.&nbsp;\nSimilar to 2Houses, it also has a Reporting Center which provides for\naccumulated expenses as well as reporting about child support payments, denied\nor forfeited parenting time, etc.&nbsp; This\nprogram is only web-based and costs $47.00 per parent for a 1 year\nsubscription.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Appclose<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>AppClose\nis a combination of the above 4 programs.&nbsp;\nIt has a joint calendar, a messenger option like texting, an expense\nforum that acts like Venmo by requesting reimbursement from the other parent as\nwell as the ability to track expenses, the ability to create a parenting\nschedule, set important reminders, and keep track of family information such as\nimmunizations, date of births, etc.&nbsp; Much\nlike Facebook, it also has a NewsFeed function which displays all\ncommunications, events, etc. at a glance.&nbsp;&nbsp;\nThis is a free app only program available for iOS and Android.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>SKEDi<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This\nprogram is a family calendar of sorts.&nbsp;\nIt syncs your calendars so that each parent and\/or child knows everyone\u2019s\nschedule.&nbsp; It also has the capability of\nbeing shared with caregivers and babysitters if necessary.&nbsp; This is an iOS only app program and costs\n$9.99.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Co-parenting\nis key.&nbsp; The victim in parental\nmiscommunication is the child. &nbsp;If you\nand your co-parent are suffering from severe communication breakdowns, contact\nour office at (410) 919-1790 and schedule your free 30-minute consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Valerie E. Anias Figuring out how to co-parent after a break up, separation, or divorce is difficult.&nbsp; We especially see breakdowns in communication during the holidays.&nbsp; Now that the holidays are behind us, ERA Law Group, LLC want to help parents by identifying various resources available to help them Co-Parent. Some parents find difficulty<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/how-to-make-co-parenting-successful\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[196,686,36,683,684,11,53,641,12,688,689,685,687,193,226,690,41,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-1137","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-annapolis","9":"tag-anne-arundel-county","10":"tag-children","11":"tag-co-parent","12":"tag-coparents","13":"tag-divorce","14":"tag-family","15":"tag-family-dispute","16":"tag-family-law","17":"tag-family-law-attorney","18":"tag-family-law-lawyer","19":"tag-family-lawyer","20":"tag-female-attorney","21":"tag-mediation","22":"tag-parenting-plans","23":"tag-parenting-resources","24":"tag-parents","25":"tag-separation","26":"entry"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1139,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137\/revisions\/1139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}