Sandra and Jesse are Co-Parenting
What Is ‘Co-parenting’? And Why Are So Many Celebs Doing It?
We’ve been hearing a lot about this term lately, especially from Hollywood and frankly we’re a little confused. Isn’t this when both mom and dad participate equally in the raising of their children and, um, “parent,” regardless of their marital status?
In Hollywood, to co-parent, you must be in the midst of a break-up. Levi Johnston and Bristol Palin have signed on to this style of parenting and most recently Sandra Bullock, who adopted her new son as a single parent, mentioned in People that she will continue to co-parent Jesse James’s children from his previous relationship. Yup, that means putting aside the awful images of him wearing swastikas and…
July 6th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
As a professional psychotherapist and divorce mediator, I typically encourage clients to co-parent. There is always a temporary adjustment period for patents and children alike, but after that the entire family benefits from what hopefully developes into cooperative communication and shared goals for the future generation. Children should then not feel so split by the parents and rather are stabized by their needs being put always in the forefront of their parents’ lives.