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Co-Parent Like a Pro: No Trauma No Drama is acompassionate guidebook aimed at divorced and separated parents who feel theweight of unrealistic expectations thrust upon them. Authored by experiencedfamily law professionals with over 60 years of combined experience, the bookacknowledges the immense pressure parents face to embody superhuman qualitiesin their co-parenting journey. It addresses the common feeling of beingscrutinized by both the other parent and the legal system and offers practicaladvice to alleviate stress and foster healthier coparenting dynamics. Co-parenting often involves frequent trips to court but many issues can be worked out between the parents with a roadmap to guide them on the most mild to the most extreme and troubling topics, including ineffective co-parenting and its effects on children. In part 1, common issues are addressed: personality disorderssubstance abuseparent communicationexposing the children to parental conflicttriangulationParent-Child Contact Problems (alienation)and restrictive gatekeepingdomestic violence.The authors offer solutions that work. They defined and discuss options for improving co-parenting life. Parallel parenting vs. using a Parenting Coordinator, and implementation of your parenting plan.In part 2, sample language and solutions to specific problems are offered for: family communicationchild medical care decisionschild counseling and parents' participationeducation decisionpersonal care decisionstime-sharing/parenting timeextracurricular decisionssafety decisionsand a slew of special circumstances The authors underscore the importance of effective coparenting in nurturing a child's well-being and success. Drawing from their extensive experience as attorneys, parenting coordinators, and former judicial officers, they highlight the transformative power of cooperation between parents. Co-Parenting Without Trauma and Drama serves as a beacon of hope, offering a roadmap for parents navigating the complexities of coparenting, ultimately aiming to improve outcomes for children by fostering constructive communication and collaboration between parents, even in challenging circumstances.

"BIFF is simple, powerful, and impactful. This book should bemandatory reading for the entire legal industry. Once you start to use BIFF, it becomes anantidote for caustic interactions. You can’tstop the poison, but BIFF gives you the antidote to counteract it safely. Read it, apply it, and start to use power ofBIFF.”  —Attorney Steve Riley, Atticus shareholder and podcast host of Great Practice. Great Life. Use BIFF to Communicate with Your Ex's Blaming, Accusing and Taunting Texts and EmailsThis book providesa simple and proven method for lawyers and staff to use in ethically responding tohostile communications, correcting misinformation by others, and initiatingproductive correspondence. The BIFF Communication method can be used by all law office personnel(paralegals, administrative assistants, receptionists, and others), with 30sample responses to common situations involving hostile or misinformed emails,text messages, and other forms of communication. BIFF stands for Brief,Informative, Friendly, and Firm. The BIFF Communication method can also be taught to clients to help them write friendly and conciseresponses in their legal cases, saving lawyers time and reducing the escalation of unnecessary conflicts in their cases. This book explains how tocoach office staff, clients and their family members to use the BIFF Communication method,including ten easy key questions to ask when reviewing their correspondence.While this method is designed primarily for written communication, thisapproach can also be used in verbal conversations, to be efficient and respectful.  The book is divided into five sections: Learningthe BIFF methodCorrespondence with clientsCorrespondence withcolleaguesCorrespondence with staff and between staffCoachingstaff and clients in the BIFF method. Each sample scenario provides a hostilecorrespondence received by the lawyer and/or staff member; then gives a temptingresponse which is not quite a BIFF (analyzed using the BIFF Checker); thengives a communication that is a BIFF.