How Custody X Change Increases Trust Between Co-Parents

Trust is the foundation of every successful co-parenting relationship. Everything is easier when parents trust one another to protect their child's best interests and follow the custody order.

Custody X Change helps co-parents foster trust by encouraging transparency and teamwork.

Less hostility in messages

Custody X Change messaging gives co-parents a space to discuss their child. It's separate from your texts from friends and your emails from doctors so you have a calm, focused place to write your co-parent.

The hostility monitor alerts parents to potentially harmful language. They can then edit their message before sending to get their point across civilly.

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When a parent chooses to send hostile language anyway, Custody X Change points it out in messages printed for court. This gives parents extra incentive to stay polite.

Custody X Change increases trust between co-parents by making it easier to talk through parenting issues. A dedicated space allows you to prioritize making decisions for your child. Over time, you'll get more comfortable communicating. Then, you can start working as a team.

Fewer misunderstandings

When parents link Custody X Change accounts, they share a workspace.

They share calendars (except ones they mark "private"), the expense tracker and more. Both parents will know exactly what is expected of them: exchange times, who needs to take the child to an activity, how much they owe each other, etc. Plus, you'll get a notification whenever a parent makes a change.

Custody X Change helps parents stay on top of their duties, forming trust.

Even if you don't link accounts, you can use Custody X Change to keep yourself accountable.

Less pestering each other

Sometimes, the more you talk, the more strained your co-parenting relationship becomes.

Custody X Change helps you keep conversations to a minimum with notifications to your phone or email. No more constant check-ins to ask when the next custody exchange or activity is.

The child-info storage tool lets you keep note of your child's clothing sizes, teachers, friends and other important information. You can reference it instead of contacting the other parent for the information.

Having a resource to turn to that isn't your co-parent keeps both parents happy and informed, without the bickering.

More collaboration

Making a parenting plan in Custody X Change helps you negotiate an agreement in mediation. By avoiding court, you can start your co-parenting relationship with a sense of cooperation.

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Put provisions in your plan to encourage trust. For example, you can prohibit parents from speaking disrespectfully about each other in front of the child and from questioning the child about each other.

Empowering evidence collection

When you have evidence to fall back on, you may feel more willing to trust your co-parent with responsibilities.

For instance, when you have a place to privately track your co-parent's late arrivals and missed visits, you might not explode in anger when they're 30 minutes late again. You'll feel more in control, allowing you to give them leeway.

If you note in your private journal when your co-parent lets your child swim unsupervised or forgets to pick them up from school, you can feel empowered. If it turns into a pattern, you can get the help you need from the court. This allows you to default to trust, knowing you have recourse if you trusted more than you should have.

Collecting important evidence doesn't create drama. It's private, it protects you and your child, and it can actually strengthen your co-parenting relationship.

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