Another lockdown for us here is New Zealand is going to be challenging. We have some early helpful guidance from the government as to what this means for caregivers who have a shared care arrangement of their children. - If caregivers are based in Auckland you can travel within Auckland to enable the continued shared care arrangements. - Caregivers based in Auckland can also travel out of Auckland, and caregivers not based in Auckland can travel into and through Auckland to

Parents Ebony Roberts and Shaka Senghor separated when their son was three years old. The journey that they decided to take as co-parents is inspirational. The love that they both have for their son over-rode their heartache, hurt and the fear that comes with trying to navigate their new roles as co-parents. They choose to remember the best qualities of each other and support each other, by honouring their love for their son, and sharing the parenting workload. Through the

This is the final part of the 'Co-parenting through Isolation' series. Thank you again to my collaborators Barbara McCulloch, Kaye Penney and John Green of the FDR Centre. A special thanks to Brendon Smith and Allan Harvey of Kidz Need Dadz for their input. Here our top tips for looking after yourself as well as your children through isolation. 1. Your video/phone calls do not need to be an exhibition, plan ahead, choose the stories that you will read and the things that you

In part three of our 'Co-parenting through Isolation series' we look at key considerations for good decision making: 1. Is there a vulnerable person living with you, and are the children staying at your home having an impact on their vulnerability? 2. If you have housemates – consider what impact having the children staying may have on an already stressful situation, particularly if your housemates are working from home. 3. Discuss finances - we have had a massive economic

The second part of the series focuses on our advice for activities and your new daily routine. Activities/daily routine for your children: 1. Communicating to ensure that between you, both your children are keeping on top of school-work that they have been given to do at home. Consider a daily video/telephone briefing between both homes. Identify the days agenda for you all, confirm the time that children are moving from one household to another, the children's daily goa

This is part one of a series of four articles providing some guidance, tips and talking points to assist you to co-parent your children during the COVID-19 self-isolation period. Along with my colleague (FDR mediator) Barbara McCulloch, and the FDR Centre’s Senior Manager - Kaye Penney, we have put together a document covering a variety of subject matters, which we hope that you will find useful. The overarching message throughout the document is that good, honest and meaning