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John Spiegel
http://www.mediationoffice.net/  

<span>An experienced family-law attorney, John Spiegel has devoted his practice exclusively to family mediation since 1996. John is a graduate of Yale Law School and has been active as a mediation trainer and presenter in Maryland and nationally. He served in 2003 and 2004 as President of the Maryland Council for Dispute Resolution (MCDR), a statewide ADR practitioners’ organization, and in 2005 – 2008 as President of the Montgomery County Divorce Roundtable, an interdisciplinary professional organization. John has published articles on mediation and law reform issues and has lobbied on behalf of these issues before the Maryland General Assembly. In 2001, he received recognition as a Certified Mediator from MCDR. The father of four children, John views mediation as a continuation of his legal work on behalf of children and families.</span>

How can we make co-parenting work?

 

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Host: How can we make co-parenting work?

John Spiegel: A key part of making the co-parenting relationship work well is the establishing effective communication. That means communication about the children, about their lives, exchanging information, so that both parents can function effectively and towards that end, many parents find it is helpful to have a weekly phone call that's just about the children.

You might pick a particular day of the week, a particular time of the day when you know that your children are not going to be around and will not hear it and you can setup ground rules that you will not talk about hot issues, contentious issues between the two of you, you will just talk about things relating to parenting.

Some couples believe in having understanding that if one person forgets and begins to talk about issues that are not about the children, that are contentious issues the other parent will remind them, that is not what we are here for and that is usually enough.

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