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Mental Health Strategies for Co-Parenting During the Holidays
Co-parents use mental health strategies like advance scheduling and calming routines to reduce children’s holiday stress and improve emotional stability, research shows.
- This holiday season, separated co-parents plan holiday schedules well in advance and use routines, rituals, and the BIFF method by Bill Eddy to steady children of separated parents across two households.
- Research shows holidays amplify risks linked to chronic parental conflict, increasing anxiety and school difficulties for children, Cummings and Davies and Buehler and colleagues found.
- Parents coordinate gifts and experiences, while calming routines like reading or packing a favorite item help children adjust during transitions.
- If disputes escalate during the holidays, therapists, mediators and parenting coordinators can provide structure and guidance, while prioritizing child-centered decisions to shift the season from conflict to care.
- Intentional co-parenting can help separated parents create each household's new traditions while preserving holiday rituals, promoting emotional safety and helping children thrive by prioritizing stability over conflict.
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