Handbook for Parents 2
Communication between separated/divorced parents

Conflicts and contradictions

Although you and your ex-partner are no longer married couple, at some points you will still need to talk to each other about your children. Sadly however, the unfortunate and sour past often gets in the way of this, leading to the following conflicts and struggles:

• 1) Both parents hold different priorities / disciplines – e.g. one focuses more on the grades and tutoring schedules; whereas the other leans more towards developing children’s hobbies.


• 2) Disagreement on executing caring agreement or visiting arrangements – e.g. the parent living with the children asks the other parent to stop visitation during the children’s exams but he/she refuses.


• 3) Dissatisfaction on your ex-partner’s behavior or attitude – e.g. dislikes the loose parenting discipline from your ex-partner.


• 4) Discrepancies in parenting– mom/dad is against video games but the other parent, as per the requests of the children, buys it for them anyway.