Co-parenting topic?

[SaloonBalloon]

I may have missed a suitable topic somewhere but it seems that if you are a single ( or not) parent who has shared care, it's not really appropriate to post in lone parents. We might be lone parents for much of the week and some of us might or might not get financial support but we are in a different situation to those parents who have very little or no contact with their childrens' father.

We do need space to discuss the difficulties of shared parenting/ managing the relationship with the other parent, living arrangements etc.

Is it possible to have a topic please?

[PresidentOliviaMumsnet]

iS this something that others would like? Let us know and we can have a think about it?

[theveryhighlife]

I would like to see this topic too!

[Curlywurly4]

Me too

[DawnMumsnet]

Anyone else? We might need more than three votes to get Tech to do the biz!

[OddSocksHighHeels]

I don't think lone parents just applies to those with no, or limited, contact with the ex though. It just means that you aren't with the other parent. Or have I misunderstood?

[snep]

I'd really appreciate this. I enjoy lone parents, but there are aspects of attempting to parent with a separated partner which I'd like some more specific discussion of with fellow MNers.

[WhenTheDragonsCame]

As a parent who has no involvement with my DCs fathers, one died and one not interested, I'm not sure this is a good idea. Just because people's situation is different doesn't mean they can't find help in the same place. The relationships board is used by a wide range of people with a variety of problems so why can't lone parents be the same? I think it would offer less support for everybody as there would be far fewer people around.

[BunnyTyler]

I'd quite like one I think, I'm new to this single parent thing but my ex is still very much in the picture wrt the kids.
I feel a bit of a fraud moaning about things that a properly lone parent doesn't have at all iyswim.

[onionlove]

I agree with Bunny, I would still follow both threads

[grimandtonic]

I would like this