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We Agree: Creating a Parenting Plan

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A tool for parents who are parenting apart and need to make a plan for the current and future care of their children. This 56-page booklet contains information on making child-focused decisions. A worksheet helps parents write their parenting plan.

Contents

Dear Parents

Chapter 1: Before You Meet

  • What is a parenting plan?
    • How to use this booklet
  • Why is it important to make a parenting plan together?
    • How courts are involved
    • "Best interests of the child"
  • How to share parenting time
  • How children grow
    • Infants and toddlers
    • Preschoolers
    • Elementary-middle schoolers
    • Adolescents
  • What we do well
  • What are our areas of agreement and disagreement?
  • Nobody knows your children as well as you do
  • Parenting well
    • What your children need from you
  • Parenting styles
    • Am I using a Positive Parenting style?

Chapter 2: Making Your Parenting Plan Together

  • Elements of a successful meeting
  • Tips for reducing conflict

Chapter 3: Maintaining Your Parenting Plan

  • When your children are moving between two households...
  • How to exchange information with the other parent
  • Tips on supporting your children's relationship with both of you
  • How to make ongoing decisions together
  • Changing your parenting plan

Parenting Agreement Worksheet (268 K PDF)

Additional Resources

References

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