25 Jun Can’t communicate with your Ex? There’s an app for that.
In many separations, children find themselves caught between their parents, and it is well documented that prolonged exposure to parental conflict can have a significant impact on their wellbeing. The ability to properly communicate with your former spouse in relation to parenting matters is critical in promoting your child’s best interests, and luckily modern technology is making communication between separated parents easier. There are several apps on the market designed to assist parents. Using an App to communicate with your former spouse can have significant advantages over older methods. Many parents that find it difficult to communicate directly have relied on a "communication book". The book is generally passed between the parties at handover of the children, often by the children themselves. Unfortunately the communication book may not always work as intended, and some potential issues include: Children may realise that the book being regularly passed between their parents is about them, only serving to highlight the dispute between them. Children may read the book. Writing abuse, swear words, and/or other aggressive messages about each other in the book is a trap that disgruntled parents often find hard to resist. The book may also end up in front of a judge,...
