The Parenting Plan Workbook

A guide and workbook for divorcing parents that provides a child-centered framework upon which to create a parenting plan that leads to successful co-parenting and well-adjusted kids. When parents are divorcing they require a skillfully developed parenting plan that outlines the structure, predictability, and daily rhythm of co-parenting with the goal of creating a stable, healthy, two-home family life for their children. The agreements and guidelines set out in a parenting plan agreement establish clarity about each parent’s responsibilities to their children and to each other, and it becomes the template for co-parenting children through to adulthood. This workbook provides sound guidance, advice, and reassurance for co-parents embarking on making these significant decisions.

The parenting plan worksheet is the conscientious caregiver's only developmentally-informed means of creating a child-centered parenting plan. Sixteen discreet but interlocking modules allow parents singly or together to better understand the intricate decisions that will guide the future allocation of parenting rights and responsibilities. This book, for both parents and professionals, is the guide to using the parenting plan worksheet found at the back. The roadmap dissects the sixteen component modules of the parenting plan worksheet, presenting case law, theory and empirical discussion.

What should I request in the parenting plan or child custody agreement?This easy-to-use book brings up many topics to consider before you meet with your attorney or mediator when you wish to create or update your custody agreement. Consider various parenting plan ideas that might be best for your child's wellbeing-and realistic for yourself and the other parent.This idea book helps you consider what's best for your childYou can pick from the various common options or come up with your own. This book helps you explain your wishes to your legal advisor, who can tailor it to the laws in your area.Who makes the decisions for the child's wellbeing??Who makes decisions about education, daycare, medical, and therapy. ?Physical and legal custody issues.?How to deal with religious education??At what age can children make their own decisions?Improving cooperation between parents?Where will you exchange the child(ren) and when? ?Picking up and dropping off guidelines.?Decisions about using co-parenting apps for documentation.?Communication with children when they aren't with you.Who pays for what??Who pays for sports, lessons, private school or homeschooling, and extra-curricular activities??Who covers the cost of medical insurance??Who will cover the uniforms, musical instruments, or sports equipment costs?What can each parent do (or not do)??Dating again: when to introduce new people to the children.?First right of refusal.?Vacations, travel, and international trips.?Substance abuse, dangerous behavior, and the other parentHow much time will the children spend with each parent??Holiday schedules. Birthdays. Winter, spring, and summer breaks.?Pre-designed parenting time calendars to give you ideas?Ready-to-use calendars?Ideas to encourage positive communication between parents and discourage parental alienation.Authors:Lisa Wilson, CDC® Certified Divorce Coach, is experienced in high-conflict divorce. She helps parents think through ideas that prioritize the child's best interests.Gretchen Baskerville has been a divorce recovery leader for 20 years. She's the author of "The Life-Saving Divorce: Hope for People Leaving Destructive Relationships"

My Life-Plan for Parenting is a practical and easy-to-implement instructional workbook for adolescents age 13-19. It encourages readers to develop personal goals for their future family, as they learn about real-life challenges and are provided information and tools for achieving their goals. Topics such as relationships, preconception health, shaken baby syndrome, budgeting, child safety, human development, and discipline tool-kits are presented in teen-friendly language. Case studies facilitate problem-solving skills and application of concepts. The workbook engages the interest of males and females, and is accessible to students of all learning capabilities. Materials are sensitive to cultural, religious, and socioeconomic differences. This workbook is frequently used in high school Healthful Living classes, and meets national standards for health education. Booklet format 8.5" x 11", 28 pgs.

A fair and realistic custody agreement protects children’s interests when parents split up. But reaching a parenting agreement is often easier said than done, especially when emotions run high. That’s where Building a Parenting Agreement That Works can help. This practical, step-by-step guide will show parents exactly how to create a parenting plan that works for everyone. Author Mimi Lyster Zemmelman, a professional mediator, identifies dozens of issues separated parents typically face and systematically presents options to resolve them. Take advantage of practical solutions and sample language to create a workable agreement or renegotiate an existing agreement as your kids grow. The book walks you through all of the parenting issues and challenges you must consider, including: living arrangements and visitation money issues health care education religion new partners and surnames holidays, travel, and grandparent visits different approaches to discipline and public health measures alcohol and drug use, and working with professionals. Avoid child custody battles—build a win-win custody agreement that puts your children’s needs first and saves you time, money, and grief.

Brilliantly guides parents to take a look at their own experiences and to create a parenting plan that is not only unique to their family's needs, but also helps to provide a framework to create and implement their custom parenting strategies. A must read for any parent/caregiver! - Dr. Joanna Lindell, DO Board Certified Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Parents quite rightly desire deep, long-lasting and loving connections with their children. In this exceptional workbook for all parents, Jacqueline Rhew and Robin Choquette teach parents ways to develop those deeper connections, highlighting strategies to raise resilient, confident and independent young people. The Successful Parenting Workbook is a hands-on guide designed to identify and create opportunities to better understand your current parenting strategies and your children, as well as create an individualized family plan. Inside this workbook, you will find: -Practical tools and tips, inventories, worksheets, assignments and strategies -Real-world example case studies and reflective questions -Step by step instructions on creating an individualized family plan Using this personalized, interactive and reflective parenting workbook, parents are guided to explore personal history, personality, and preferences that combine to create, intentionally and unintentionally, their current parenting strategies. Parents learn to establish goals that foster age-appropriate maturity in their children, identify current ineffective parenting, and create a new workable plan based on their identified family values. The workbook embodies a calm and confident approach which encourages each parent to develop specific strategies aligned with their child's emotional and cognitive development, resulting in more resilient, independent "future adults." Clinicians, consultants and presenters, Jacqueline and Robin are experts in their field, working to inspire children, adolescents and parents. Together, they have over 35 years experience working with professionals and parents. Jacqueline and Robin have conducted over 300 training sessions both locally and nationally on a wide array of topics relating to goal-directed parenting and resilient children. Their approach to purposeful parenting has helped thousands of families. They hope you, like so many of their training session participants, find The Successful Parenting Workbook a useful companion, and a resource you can turn to at any stage of your child's development. For more information, visit www.successfulparentingplan.com

We know kids do best when parents understand their children's deep desire to stay connected to and be cared for by both of them. A skillful parenting plan describes the structure, predictability and rhythm that ensure both parents can emerge from the uncertainty of separation/divorce into stable two-home family life. The agreements and guidelines set-out in your parenting plan establish clarity about your responsibilities to one another, specify essential co-parenting tasks, and minimize unnecessary conflict.Children thrive when confidence and security are present and parents think through parenting plan decisions, come to agreements, and implement changes to their family in a mature, non-adversarial manner. Come learn with us. We'll share with you our 25 plus years of experience working with families facing transitions as they emerge into bright futures with well-adjusted children.The "C-Words" of a strong, child-centered parenting plan:* Collaboration* Communication* Conflict-management* Child-centered* Co-Parenting

The Revolutionary Parenting Workbook moves parents from insight to application, and shares proven parenting principles for raising spiritual champions. Features include a customizable development plan and a multimedia DVD.