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When co-parents discover they need aligned approaches for struggling teens

My ex-husband and I have been co-parenting okay for three years but our teenage son is really struggling and we realize we've never actually talked about our different parenting philosophies. We just kind of worked around each other and now he's playing us against each other and nothing we're doing individually is helping.

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Two people who ended their marriage are learning that their child's wellbeing requires them to build something together they couldn't create when they were together.

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