How Can I Be a Good Co-Parent?

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🗓️ 2 June 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Kristyn is discovering how hard it is to be a stepmother and to get along with her husband's ex-wife. Email questions or comments: drlaura@drlaura.com - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from two to five PM Eastern time on serious XM.
0:10.0	I'm 11.
0:11.0	Kristen, welcome to the program.
0:14.0	Hi, Dr. Laura. How are you doing today? Good. What can I do for you?
0:19.0	I am having difficulty navigating a co parenting issue specifically relating to my stepkids and their mother.
0:29.0	So I was hoping to get your perspective on that today.
0:32.0	My first perspective is that you don't co parent with the mother.
0:37.0	The mother co parents with the bio dad.
0:40.0	You are nice and by standard.
0:43.0	Well, no, no, no, don't jump from that. Please.
0:46.0	I think that's a very important point. Please don't leap from it so fast. Please.
0:51.0	You are not the parent.
0:54.0	The kid has two parents. They have to deal with the child. You go along with whatever they decide.
1:01.0	You have no opinion.
1:06.0	That's why I tell people not to marry into these situations because you have no power.
1:13.0	I would have tried to talk you out of this.
1:20.0	So please.
1:21.0	I'm lunging for sure.
1:23.0	Well, it's not challenging if you keep out of it. It's only challenging if you're trying to navigate it.
1:37.0	They are the parents. You are his wife.
1:41.0	Of course.
1:42.0	That's it.
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