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December is a season of wonder, lights, and laughter. For children, it’s a time when traditions sparkle and memories are made. But for coparents navigating holiday schedules, emotions, and expectations, the joy can sometimes be overshadowed by conflict.
Parenting plans look great on paper, structured, clear, and full of promise. But once real-life kicks in, even the best plans can leave parents feeling stuck. Suddenly, you’re dealing with last-minute schedule changes, emotional meltdowns, and eerie silence from your co-parent.
After divorce, some people play the victim. It garners them attention and sympathy from others and helps them explain, in their own mind, that they are not at fault for the divorce. Fault or no fault, divorce can be deeply wounding to one's ego. In order to show the world that they are not a bad person (and make themselves feel better), they have to portray a false reality that their ex is to blame. They will accuse their ex of having an affair, being mentally ill or turn it around in some other way.
Yes, I am an angry biyatch, or should I say I was an angry biyatch? You see, I am a reformed angry biyatch. I was saved by family court. Just so you know that last line was meant as sarcasm. I was saved by God, not by family court, but it doesn't change the fact that when I was in family court, I was an angry biyatch. I found myself facing a family court nightmare that I didn't think I could escape. I was divorced from a coparent who used the system to drive me insane. That made me angry.
Still Family Parenting Community paid members are reading and discussing books. Current titles are, "Joint Custody with a Jerk" by and "Hurt People Hurt People".