The Parental Planner is a new way for separated parents to communicate with one another. It is essentially a communications journal that is passed between parents at the time of exchanging the children.
The advantage of using a communications journal is that it avoids face-to-face confrontations. You can also ensure all the pertinent information is exchanged. It also serves as a record of communications between parents. It helps parents who are separated to try to maintain some consistency in their parenting between homes. I also like that it has plastic folders in it so that documents such as health insurance cards can go back and forth easily.
It is best to keep it available so that you can jot information into whenever the need arises.
Although it not intended to be shared with the children, it should be written in such a way that if your children do stumble upon it, you will be proud of what you have written in it. So don’t criticize the other parent. Always be respectful of one another in your communications.
Don’t forget to also share positive events in the children’s lives such as milestones and achievements.
If you are angry at the other parent, put the journal down! Let your steam off some other way and then, when cooler heads prevail, you can write in the journal.
The Parental Planner is simple and yet comprehensive.
Learn more about it at www.ParentalPlanner.com. ( Parental Planner has since been shut down. )
And it’s Canadian!
