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How Divorce Parenting Courses Help Family Law Attorneys
With over 876,000 divorces every year in the United States and 60% of these involving children, almost every family law attorney has worked with clients going through a difficult custody battle. Parents in these situations often experience a wide range of emotions, ranging from depression to rage. As a family law attorney, you have likely been called on frequently to advise them on how to deal with their former partner and co-parent.
Your client may ask you if it is okay to change drop off times or locations, or how to communicate with their ex. They are probably looking for your approval to force changes on their former spouse, no matter what their agreed upon written agreement says.
You also know that nothing you say can permanently resolve the situation for them. What is needed is for the parents to learn to assume responsibility for their own actions in the situation. As lawyers, you not always well equipped to handle these matters beyond your control. But when your clients are emotional and stressed and calling you out of desperation it may feel like you will be handling these sorts of client calls forever!
A coparenting course that helps parents take responsibility for the part they played in their breakup, and look at how the situation came about in the first place may be just the answer! Divorce parenting courses impart important skills to parents, including learning how to manage conflict calmly while also learning how to be more flexible and improve communication with their former spouse.
Today, resources abound when it comes to divorce parenting programs but Co-Parenting Into the Future offers a unique approach that is proven to be effective and produce truly transformational results.
Co-Parenting Into the Future is a parenting class for divorce that teaches your clients to develop a powerful plan that enables them to learn to identify, communicate and completely resolve a variety of parenting issues. It helps them come to terms with the past and their relationships with their former spouse. When your clients are equipped to take responsibility for their own parenting plans and communication with their x partners, your workload on their case is significantly decreased.
The course, designed by two divorced parents, guides parents of divorce and separation through a unique and often difficult look at their relationship. Parents who take the course will be taught with an interactive approach that also requires them to do homework and to listen to the struggles of others who have experienced issues similar to their own. The program offers resources to help parents with communication and can truly transform the way they work together.
The benefits continue from there. Not only is it a gift to you as a divorce attorney when your clients take our court approved parenting classes, it is also a gift to the children of your clients. Research has proven that there are both short and long term benefits for children involved in a co-parenting situation.
