New Year Resolutions for Separated Parents

“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!”― Benjamin Franklin

New Year, New Resolution!

We are all familiar with New Year Resolutions. They mark the end of the year that has been and are a good opportunity to reflect and evaluate. They also time stamp the start of something new and prompt us to identify what is important to us in life and what we wish to focus on in the coming year.

New Year resolutions mindfully articulate:

• Purpose
• Intention
• Direction
• Accountability
• Goals

Possible outcomes include:

• Increased happiness and wellbeing
• Closer relationships
• Alignment to a preferred life

Separated Coparenting Resolutions?

In many ways, Separated Coparenting Resolutions mirror the above. Coparenting resolutions should focus on purpose, direction, accountability, intention, goal setting as well as:

• the best interests of children;
• the future and; finding solutions (or pathways to solutions).

Ask yourself what your goals are:

• For your relationship with your kids?
• For your relationship with your co-parent?
• As a separated parent (irrespective of the other parent)?

What steps do you need to take to achieve these goals? Who can assist?

The team at FGD can meet with you to discuss your goals and help you to achieve them. The below articles may also assist with planning and setting some goals for the coming year.

• Shared Care, Co-Parenting and Developing a Parental Alliance
• A New Years’ Resolution – Separating Amicably
• Do Children Have a Say in Care Arrangements After Separation or Divorce?
• Back to School Tips for Separated and Divorced Parents
• Christmas Day and the Holidays After Separation or Divorce – Tips for Parents on Splitting Time and Making Arrangements for Children
• Relocation and Interim Relocation with Children in Australia
• The Upside of Separation

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Article By: Kristal Simson

Child and Family Specialist

Kristal has 18 years’ experience working with of children and families who have separated and are at the interface of Family Law. She is informed by strengths based and solutions focussed practices to challenge and empower clients to want better and do better in order to move towards their preferred life.

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