I remember my first year of practicing family law; things like holiday schedules were immensely perplexing for me. For example, I had one case where the parents could not agree on how to share the child’s birthday. We appeared at a contested hearing over the birthday. I was shocked that something that caused the parents so much consternation could be resolved in one minute by the Judge who ruled: “Whoever has the child on his birthday celebrates with him. The other parent can hold a separate birthday party for the child during his or her parenting time. Guess how happy he will be to have two birthday parties? So ordered.” Done. There it is – two birthday parties.

Going through a divorce is never easy, especially when children are involved. For many parents, the idea of not being able to see their kids as often as they used to can be heartbreaking. However, there is a solution to this issue: co-parenting. Co-parenting is a method in which both parents actively participate in raising their children even after their divorce.