Planning for a child means looking ahead to the obvious changes that will occur. What schools will your child attend? Do you need to make arrangements for them now? Are you saving money for the child’s advanced education? Do you have life insurance in place to make sure that the child is supported if the primary income earner is no longer there? What special opportunities to enrich your child’s life would you like to make available? When a child’s parents live together, this type of planning takes place in the natural course of events.
Obviously, it is responsible to address pending issues ahead of time so that arrangements can be made. When parents separate, a detailed parenting plan becomes an absolute necessity. By carefully planning how they will share the responsibility for their child’s life, parents can avoid future misunderstandings and conflict.
A well thought out, solid parenting plan developed early in the transition process will go a long way to reduce conflict down the road.
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