perceptions of their parents’ supportive co-parental communication (e.g., “My parents worked well together raising me”).To test their hypothesis, they asked almost 500 young adults (around 20 years of age) to complete a survey that assessed their: 1 And feeling caught between parents is no fun for anyone. In a recent study, researchers hypothesized that the link between parental co-communication and various outcomes might exist because different types of parental co-communication influence the extent to which kids feel “caught” between their parents. In other words, why/how do different types of co-parental communication lead to their respective good vs. Although the links between parental co-communication quality and individual and family well-being are well-established (supportive communication = good antagonistic communication = bad), the mechanisms underlying these associations have not been made clear. But things get much worse if parents’ co-parental communication is antagonistic and they undermine each other, whether by playing ‘good cop’ to the other parent’s ‘bad cop’, or by bad-mouthing one parent in front of the kid(s). Basically, if parents’ use supportive co-parental communication, such that they work together, present a unified front, and don’t undermine each other’s’ parenting attempts, then the entire family benefits. In fact, it’s so important that parents’ communication skills when co-parenting, whether the parents still live together or not, is a powerful predictor of many outcomes, including kids’ mental health and the quality of the parent-child relationship. It should come as no surprise that co-parental communication is a pretty important family dynamic. When we’re grappling with these and other parenting issues, we engage in what researchers call co-parental communication, which generally refers to how she and I communicate with one another and our children when parenting. ![]() We sometimes have different ideas about how to broaden their palates, limit screen time (here’s hoping one of those freakish talking animals turns on Diego very soon), and how to blend our respective family holiday traditions. ![]() My wife and I don’t always agree on the best way to parent our two kids.
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