Parenting Coordinators assist parents in establishing and maintaining a healthy co-parenting relationship
by reducing parental conflict and the risk factors that influence a child’s post-divorce adjustment. The
overall emphasis is to offer children the opportunity to grown in a home environment, free from the
devasting stress of being caught in the middle of parental conflict.
There are many benefits that come from using a parent coordinator. Parent coordination has a positive
impact on the children, parents, and family life as a whole. I’ve listed the benefits for each below.


Benefits for Children:
 Enhancing the child’s confidence and self-esteem.
 Reducing stress for the child as parental conflict decreases.
 Diminishing the child’s pressure to take sides.
 Likelihood of keeping both parents active in the child’s life.
 Creating a home atmosphere by helping the child to adjust to their new situation.
 Working with parents POST DIVORCE to co-parent.
 Assist in resolving any conflicts.
 Helping parents when they need to make a decision concerning the health, welfare, or
education of the child.


Benefits for Parents:
 Helping parents understand how their parental conflict impacts their child’s development.
 Teaching parents anger management, communication and conflict resolution skills.
 Working together with parents in developing a parenting plan that works for all parties.
Benefits for Families:
 Reducing the need to litigate.
 Education parents that children come first.
 Offering parents valuable resources.
 Providing resolutions to daily child-rearing issues.
 Monitoring compliance with Court Orders.
 Providing the Court a complete picture of the family, by way of Court testimony if necessary.