Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE A listener asks about introducing his new dating partner to the children. Diane & Rick explore all of the risks and benefits of introducing too soon, how it affects children, and talking to his co-parent about it. Should he hold on and do it his way or let it go and take more time to think it through? Support the show >>>> CONTACT ...
Oct 17, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Tiffany from Georgia writes to ask how she can get her co-parent to communicate with her instead of his new wife. Diane and Rick explore both sides of the issue when a step-parent is actually better at communicating than the co-parent, as well as when the step-parent makes it worse. Also, discussed in this episdoe is a weekly email protocol and Di...
Oct 10, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane and Rick answer a question about what to do when the court-ordered parenting plan is vague, unclear, and doesn't account for practical situations -- especially when your co-parent likes to be the parenting plan police! Chris from Ohio says his plan states he cannot leave the state without informing his co-parent. But he lives only a few mile...
Oct 03, 2021•21 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Jerome from Mississippi poses a heart-breaking dilemma for Diane and Rick to address - what to do when the other parent isn't consistent with her visitation. Do you let it go and just ignore broken promises that disappoint the children? Or do you try to hold the other parent accountable when she makes promises to the kids that she'll likely break?...
Sep 26, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Sarah from London asks a common question about achieving the balance between "friendship" with a co-parent vs. moving on separately. Diane and Rick talk about the risks of holding on to a relationship that didn't work in marriage as opposed to letting go by setting healthy boundaries, not only for the adults but also for the children. Support the ...
Sep 19, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Everyone knows that court-ordered parenting time is sacred, but some co-parents think they have legitimate reasons to withhold visitation from the other parent. With the recent COVID crisis, this is an increasingly sticky situation. Diane and Rick unpack the most common excuses parents use to justify going against the court order and how the other...
Sep 12, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE There is no issue that will put the kids in the middle more than conflict about a child's cell phone! Diane and Rick talk about the importance of seeing this issue from the child's point of view, and they share tips for creating court order language that will help guide them on phone communication with children. Here are the rules discussed in thi...
Sep 05, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane and Rick answer Kaylie's question about both co-parents attending a child's doctor's or other professional's appointments. Is it worth the fight to both be there? Or should one parent let it go? In this episode, they will unpack the importance of reframing the problem to think about how it must feel to the child instead of winning the argume...
Aug 29, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Most high-conflict co-parents work hard to not talk to one another to avoid conflict, but what do they do when they have a real concern and want to share an opinion? Diane and Rick respond to Brandon's voicemail dilemma about what to do when his co-parent is not taking care of their child like he does. There is something in between not sharing at ...
Aug 22, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Phrases like crazy-making, gas-lighting. twisting words, and avoiding responsibility, are just a few of the many complaints made by the co-parent who is frustrated with a narcissistic co-parent. Diane and Rick address Paul from Phoenix who wants help with his. Although changing someone with personality flaws of any type is nearly impossible, using...
Aug 15, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane and Rick stand on several principles as they advise co-parents about conflict and communication. On this bonus episode, they discuss the meaning of the terms "co-parent" and "co-parenting,." Are they nouns or verbs? Also, what does it mean to set healthy boundaries with a co-parent (not too rigid and not too loose)? Finally, they discuss the...
Aug 10, 2021•16 min0
Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Kids can leave parents speechless with their bizarre statements or tough questions about the other parent. Diane and Rick respond to Jessica from Atlanta and discuss how to take off the wounded spouse hat and put on the parenting one before talking to children. Also discussed is the WAC response (Worried, Afraid or Concerned) as a way to find out ...
Aug 08, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Angela from Louisville is struggling to help her child experience social events, like birthday parties, because her co-parent refuses to let him do "kid" things on his weekends. This is a common problem many co-parents face as they desire for their children to be like other kids who can experience a range of activities and social experiences witho...
Aug 01, 2021•18 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick help John in Chicago tackle the tough question of how much is enough when it comes to being flexible with your co-parent. Of course you want your children to attend their other parent's wedding, but it can get frustrating when you give them an inch and they take a mile every time! Boundaries are important and they depend on YOUR v...
Jul 27, 2021•14 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE There are at least two sides to every conflict, and when it's between divorced or separated parents, sparks can fly. In each episode, co-parenting experts Diane Dierks and Rick Voyles answer listener questions and talk about the benefits and risks of Letting Go vs. Holding Your Ground on a variety of complex topics facing co-parents tay. Listeners...
Jul 16, 2021•2 min
