Co-Parenting for One: How to Co-Parent with Somebody Who Won’t Co-parent with You

Available September 14, 2026. Pre-order your copy now:

This book contains all the experiences of the Bridging Parental Class® and many more insights gained from working with conflicted families for 20 years. The book content is structured as a resource manual you can return to for guidance and encouragement when co-parenting with someone who won’t co-parent with you.

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— Book Excerpts —

  • “Managing all those thoughts and feelings, unreasonable attacks and refusal to cooperate would wear down anyone. The question no one seems to be able to answer is: how do you co-parent with someone who is more committed to the battle, to winning, to their own agenda? In other words, how do you co-parent with someone who won't co-parent with you?"

  • "Children outgrow fantasies; they don't outgrow the need to be emotionally seen."

  • "Both parents want out of the trap, but they find themselves stuck together, each blaming the other for prolonging the pain."

  • “Parents end up spinning, exhausted and exasperated, wondering why something that should be simple feels completely impossible."

  • "You don't defeat grief or overcome it. You move through it."

  • "Conflict is exhausting, expensive, and all-consuming — and yet it continues."

  • "Parents feel confused, angry, sad, and powerless to protect their children from the fallout."

  • "Validate the feeling; you don't have to validate the fiction."

  • "You cannot change another person. You can, however, learn to accept them — imperfections and all — and respond to their choices in ways that reflect your own values rather than their behavior."

  • "The magic wand co-parents claim to want would force the other parent to change. But the real power to change is already in your hand. It is the power to change yourself — and you don't need any magic for that."

  • "Measure your progress not by how your co-parent is behaving, but by how your children are doing, because when they are doing better, you will feel it."