When you imagine a child with divorced parents, perhaps you see them splitting time between

two homes every week.

Or maybe they're living full-time with one parent while seeing the other one on weekends

and holidays.

There are many ways to co-parent when parents are no longer together.

One of those ways is bird nesting.

It has nothing to do with actual birds.

It's an arrangement where children remain in their family home while the parents cycle

in and out of the house.

Parents who nest hope this approach will offer stability to their kids during a time of

major change.

Children of divorce have a greater risk of developing mental health disorders like anxiety

and depression that's according to the University of Illinois at Chicago's Psychiatric College

of Medicine.

In 2021, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, along with three other organizations

declared a national emergency and adolescent mental health.

So, how much can co-parenting arrangements, like nesting, offset the negative effects

of divorce on kids?

What do you need to know before you try nesting?

And is it a long-term solution, especially for excess trying to move on?

We dig into those questions and get into a whole lot more after the break.

I'm Jen White.

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