Big Kids: Co-Parenting, We're Doing It For The Kids

Welcome to This Glorious Mess Big Kids. A twice-weekly look at parenting as it really is. Confusing, exhausting, inspiring, funny, and full of surprises. So many surprises. Is there a key to building a good relationship with your co-parent? Or is it something that gets easier over time?  Unfortunately, co-parenting is really tricky. There's no book on this stuff and not really much information out there into what doing it 'right' actually looks like. So on this episode, we bring in an expert, Dr Priscilla Dunk West, sociologist and social worker to help with our listener dilemma:  'my kids (11 and 7) are home alone awaiting my ex-husband/his partner to get home from work ... I'm feeling very challenged by the new situation'   LINKS  You can listen to our podcast, The Split now!  If you're looking for the relevant state and territory guidelines for leaving children home alone, you can find them on raisingchildren.net.au  CREDITS Hosts: Holly Wainwright & Andrew Daddo Guest: Dr Priscilla Dunk West Producer: Mikayla Floriano CONTACT US Send your parenting dilemmas to [email protected] Looking for a community of like-minded parents? Join our Mamamia Parents Facebook Page... https://www.facebook.com/groups/1047713658714395/   Want a weekly parenting newsletter from Holly Wainwright?  Sign up here... https://www.mamamia.com.au/newsletter/ Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/ Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.