Resources
Guides for the parts nobody explains
Practical writing about co-parenting, custody schedules, transitions and children’s feelings. Written by the people who build these tools, in the same voice as the tools themselves.
4 guides
Updated October 2026
- Custody schedules7 min read
Choosing a custody rotation: 2-2-3, 2-2-5-5, or week on / week off
A plain-language comparison of the most common parenting-time rotations, what each one asks of a family, and the questions worth answering before you pick one.
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- Helping children through transitions6 min read
Making switch day easier for children
Why the day a child moves between homes is often the hardest one of the week, and the small, practical things that reliably take some of the sting out of it.
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- Emotional literacy6 min read
Helping children find words for what they feel
Children who can name an emotion have more ways to handle it than children who cannot. A practical look at building emotional vocabulary without turning it into a lesson.
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- Parenting communication5 min read
Writing things down: keeping a factual co-parenting record
What a useful co-parenting record contains, what it should leave out, and why writing to a template is easier than writing to a feeling.
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Why there are only four
Topic areas
What this section will cover
Co-parenting
SoonWorking with the other home, not against it.
Custody schedules
1Rotations, exchanges and parenting time.
Helping children through transitions
1Switch days, packing, arrivals.
Emotional literacy
1Helping children name and handle feelings.
Parenting communication
1Writing things down, keeping it factual.
Family routines
SoonRhythms that travel between houses.
Organization and planning
SoonMoney, holidays and paperwork.
Reading is one thing
The tools that go with the writing
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