Learning differences and the homework hour (All ages) | CoParentSpace

It's a Tuesday evening in March. Your son is in his bedroom. He has been there since 4pm. He came down for fifteen minutes at dinner, ate quietly, went back up. The bedroom light has been on for hours. There are three months until his exams.In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about the exam season conversation — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.What we cover:• What exam season actually is• What exam season does to the household• What to agree with the Co-Parent• What not to do during exam season• How to be the steady parent during exam season• When the relationship between the two homes is hardMade for parents raising children across two homes. Best for: Teens 13+.📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/09-the-exam-season-conversation?utm_source=buzzsprout&utm_medium=podcast🌱 Explore the Living Library of evidence-based co-parenting articles: coparentspace.comCoParentSpace is the calm space for separated parents and their children — practical co-parenting and parenting-after-divorce support for life across two homes.Support the showCoparentspace.com

Tuesday, 11:18am. Your phone rings. Hi, this is the school office. Your daughter has been sick at school. She's in the sick bay. Could someone come and collect her?In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about the school illness: Who picks them up — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.What we cover:• The pickup• Where they recover• The compensating day• Communication during recovery• When the illness is more serious• When sickness is the patternMade for parents raising children across two homes. Best for: Ages 4–12.📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/09-the-school-illness-who-picks-them-up?utm_source=buzzsprout&utm_medium=podcast🌱 Explore the Living Library of evidence-based co-parenting articles: coparentspace.comCoParentSpace is the calm space for separated parents and their children — practical co-parenting and parenting-after-divorce support for life across two homes.Support the showCoparentspace.com

For a child with a learning difference, dyslexia, dyscalculia, a processing difference, or any of the ways a brain can be wired to learn differently, the homework hour can become the hardest hour of the day. What takes another child twenty minutes takes them two struggling hours. Tears, frustration, avoidance, and a parent's own mounting stress turn the kitchen table into a nightly flashpoint.In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about learning differences and the homework hour — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.What we cover:• Why homework is so hard• Protect the relationship over the worksheet• Consistent support across two homes• When you're not the right helper• The line you carryMade for parents raising children across two homes. Best for: All ages.📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/05-learning-differences-and-the-homework-hour?utm_source=buzzsprout&utm_medium=podcast🌱 Explore the Living Library of evidence-based co-parenting articles: coparentspace.comCoParentSpace is the calm space for separated parents and their children — practical co-parenting and parenting-after-divorce support for life across two homes.Support the showCoparentspace.com

A weekend afternoon, a year and a half after the separation. You're driving your ten-year-old back from a swimming lesson. They're in the back of the car, looking out the window. You've been thinking, for a few weeks now, that you should check in. You haven't really talked about the separation, with them, for almost a year. They handled the original conversations well. They've seemed broadly fine.In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about the child who won't talk about it — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.What we cover:• What the silence might be• The five-clue read• What you do• When the silence is the avoiding kind• When the silence is normal integrationMade for parents raising children across two homes. Best for: All ages.📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/06-the-child-who-wont-talk-about-it?utm_source=buzzsprout&utm_medium=podcast🌱 Explore the Living Library of evidence-based co-parenting articles: coparentspace.comCoParentSpace is the calm space for separated parents and their children — practical co-parenting and parenting-after-divorce support for life across two homes.Support the showCoparentspace.com

Worry has crept into your child in a way it wasn't there before. The endless what-if questions. The reluctance to try new things. The need to know exactly what's happening and when. The trouble settling at night, the clinginess, the sense that your child is carrying a low hum of unease through their days. After a separation, when so much certainty has been pulled out from under them, some increase in anxiety is one of the most expected responses there is.In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about anxiety in childhood — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.What we cover:• What anxiety looks like at different ages• Normal worry versus anxiety that needs help• Don't accommodate the anxiety into permanence• When to seek support• The line you carryMade for parents raising children across two homes. Best for: All ages.📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/07-anxiety-in-childhood?utm_source=buzzsprout&utm_medium=podcast🌱 Explore the Living Library of evidence-based co-parenting articles: coparentspace.comCoParentSpace is the calm space for separated parents and their children — practical co-parenting and parenting-after-divorce support for life across two homes.Support the showCoparentspace.com

Your son is six. He was diagnosed with asthma last winter. He has a brown inhaler he takes twice every day, a blue inhaler for emergencies, and a written action plan from the paediatric pulmonologist that hangs on the fridge in your kitchen.In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about the asthma child, the chronic condition child — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.What we cover:• The duplicate-everything principle• The shared written plan• The school and broader-network coordination• When the structure gets tested• The specific harder casesMade for parents raising children across two homes. Best for: All ages.📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/05-the-asthma-child-chronic-condition-child?utm_source=buzzsprout&utm_medium=podcast🌱 Explore the Living Library of evidence-based co-parenting articles: coparentspace.comCoParentSpace is the calm space for separated parents and their children — practical co-parenting and parenting-after-divorce support for life across two homes.Support the showCoparentspace.com

You're three sessions into mediation. The school decision was handled in session two. The handover schedule was finalised in session three. The mediator has now turned to the financial arrangement, and ten minutes in, you realise something specific.In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about when the lawyer needs to be involved — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.What we cover:• The work each profession does• When you need a lawyer alongside your mediator• When you need a lawyer instead• The types of family lawyer• How to manage the two professionals in parallel• A common misconceptionMade for parents raising children across two homes. Best for: All ages.📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/06-when-the-lawyer-needs-to-be-involved?utm_source=buzzsprout&utm_medium=podcast🌱 Explore the Living Library of evidence-based co-parenting articles: coparentspace.comCoParentSpace is the calm space for separated parents and their children — practical co-parenting and parenting-after-divorce support for life across two homes.Support the showCoparentspace.com

Wednesday evening. Your daughter is at her co-parent's home. Bedtime is at 8:00. You're holding your phone. You haven't seen her since Monday morning. You miss her. You also know that if you call now, you'll get to say goodnight. And if you don't, you might not speak to her until Friday.In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about the bedtime call: Should you call your child during their other-home nights? — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.What we cover:• Why this question is hard• What the call is doing in the child's body• Age-by-age• What kind of call helps• When your co-parent is calling during your bedtime• The sick night, and the worried callMade for parents raising children across two homes. Best for: All ages.📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/07-the-bedtime-call?utm_source=buzzsprout&utm_medium=podcast🌱 Explore the Living Library of evidence-based co-parenting articles: coparentspace.comCoParentSpace is the calm space for separated parents and their children — practical co-parenting and parenting-after-divorce support for life across two homes.Support the showCoparentspace.com

You've just come off a forty-minute phone call with your Co-Parent. The call was about the summer schedule and a possible camp the child might enjoy. It went well. There were a few moments where you both laughed. At one point your Co-Parent said something kind about how you handled a recent thing.In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about co-parenting as work, not friendship — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.What we cover:• The friendship trap• The adversarial trap• The colleague frame• Why the frame matters more than the skill• The hardest moments to hold the frame• When the frame can changeMade for parents raising children across two homes. Best for: All ages.📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/08-co-parenting-as-work-not-friendship?utm_source=buzzsprout&utm_medium=podcast🌱 Explore the Living Library of evidence-based co-parenting articles: coparentspace.comCoParentSpace is the calm space for separated parents and their children — practical co-parenting and parenting-after-divorce support for life across two homes.Support the showCoparentspace.com

Friday afternoon. The school gate. Your six-year-old is in the queue with her teacher, holding the small reading book to her chest. Your ten-year-old is across the yard with his friends, laughing about something, oblivious to your wave. Both come to you in a minute. Both will be at their Co-Parent's by tonight. The bag for the six-year-old has the comfort blanket, the spare jumper, the swimming kit for tomorrow morning.In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about schedules for school-age children — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.What we cover:• The two halves of this age range• The schedules that fit at each age• What gets harder across this age range• What the child experiences across the schedule• What the parents experience across this age range• When the schedule is wrong but no one is saying soMade for parents raising children across two homes. Best for: Ages 4–7.📖 Read the full written version: https://coparentspace.com/en-my/living/08-schedules-for-school-age-children?utm_source=buzzsprout&utm_medium=podcast🌱 Explore the Living Library of evidence-based co-parenting articles: coparentspace.comCoParentSpace is the calm space for separated parents and their children — practical co-parenting and parenting-after-divorce support for life across two homes.Support the showCoparentspace.com