Co-parenting with my ex-wife and her new partner

It is okay to feel relieved. Relief is not the same as not caring. The kids are more resilient than the fear tells you. Steady and honest is enough.

it got easier for us once i stopped treating her partner as an opponent and started treating her as extra hands. took a while to get there though, so be patient with yourself.

A structure that helps many of my clients: agree on what the new partner's role is called, and is not, in writing before small frictions become big ones. Clarity protects the kids most of all.