Month: March 2025

Why Co-Parenting Feels Impossible Sometimes

Ben Horowitz’s The Hard Thing About Hard Things doesn’t offer easy solutions—because when you’re leading a company (or co-parenting a child), there aren’t any.

Hard things are hard not because there’s a secret formula you haven’t found yet, but because:

• Your emotions are at odds with your logic
• There are no perfect choices—only the best possible move at the time
• The weight of responsibility can feel isolating

The same is true for co-parenting. There’s no easy path, only the one you create.

Continue reading “Week 4: The Hard Thing About Hard Things – Navigating Co-Parenting Challenges”

Schools, childcare providers, and professionals working with children strive to create safe, supportive environments. Yet, when communication with co-parents is inconsistent, unclear, or one-sided, they risk creating confusion, conflict, and unintended harm to the very childhoods they aim to protect.

When both parents are not equally informed and engaged, the impact extends beyond just administrative challenges. It affects the child’s emotional stability, their trust in the school or provider, and their ability to thrive in a learning environment.

This is why clear, structured co-parent communication is not just about reducing professional headaches. It is about safeguarding childhoods.

Continue reading “The Hidden Cost of Inconsistent Co-Parent Communication for Schools, Childcare Providers, and Professionals”

Why Most Co-Parents Feel Stuck

Michael Gerber’s The E-Myth is a classic for a reason—it exposes the biggest mistake most entrepreneurs make: they spend all their time working in their business rather than on their business.

Co-parenting has the same trap. Many parents spend their energy putting out fires, handling daily logistics, and reacting emotionally instead of building a structured, sustainable co-parenting system.

They get stuck in:

• Short-term problem-solving instead of long-term planning
• Constant conflict over details instead of establishing a predictable framework
• Reacting to challenges instead of preventing them with systems

When co-parenting operates without a system, small issues become constant disruptions. The result? A child caught in an unpredictable, stressful environment. Continue reading “Week 3: The E-Myth – Co-Parenting as a System, Not Just Emotion”