The Smartphone App That Saved Summer Vacation
When you find a group of parents who are sufficiently non-judgmental, one of the most fun ways to pass the time is by grumbling about the smartphone apps that are sabotaging your relationship with your family. Maybe you are hooked on Tik Tok, or Instagram if you’re old, or perhaps even Facebook if you’re ancient, but your kids refuse to be your dance partner in the Tik Tok choreographies that you plan to take as your inexpensive summer entertainment. Maybe your kids would spend every free moment playing Roblox. Tinder might be your undoing, either because of all the singles who swiped left on you or the one who swiped right on your spouse when your spouse was only pretending to be single. Nutrition diary apps might be a gateway drug to disordered eating for you or your kids, or the Amazon app may have facilitated the impulse purchases that caused the financial crisis that tanked your marriage. You would probably be incredulous if someone told you that an app could make your first summer of co-parenting easier. When friends, or worse, banner ads promise this, you are free to ignore them, but when a judge orders you to communicate with your ex-spouse through a co-parenting app, you should take notice. If your relationship with your ex-spouse is so bad that you can only communicate with each other through a screen, contact a Birmingham child custody lawyer.
Co-Parenting Apps Are OK at Keeping the Peace, but They Are Great at Snitching
Sometimes your employer sends you an email on your day off, berating you for things that aren’t your fault and assigning you a huge pile of work with a short deadline. You let out a string of curses, draft and send a polite email, and then get started on your new, unexpected pile of work. As a result, you are still employed. Imagine responding with the same detachment and calm demeanor when your spouse behaves unreasonably. It is too easy to pick up the phone and let out a string of curses when your kids repeat the bigoted remarks they heard from your ex or tell them about how your ex’s new partner behaves inconsiderately toward them. What if you couldn’t do that because, if you did, you would be violating a court order?
In high conflict divorces, judges sometimes order the parties to communicate with each other through co-parenting apps like Our Family Wizard and Talking Parents. These apps automatically archive your text messages to your ex. They even draft messages for you, which you can then modify, so you can get the details of the content right but keep the polite tone. Best of all, they give you a digital record of the times that your ex-spouse failed to follow through on promises, so you can show the court that the miscommunications were not your fault.
Contact Peeples Law About Co-Parenting With an Impossible Ex
A Birmingham family law attorney can help you if you and your ex-spouse cannot talk to each other without a fight. Contact Peeples Law today to schedule a consultation.
Source:
thedailybeast.com/how-the-ourfamilywizard-co-parenting-app-saved-my-divorce
