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Co-parenting guides · for UK parents
Co-parenting guides for UK parents
One calm place that gathers our practical, UK-focused guides for separated parents — parenting plans, splitting the holidays, calmer communication and handovers, and sharing the costs. Clear, honest help — and the app as the calm place to act on it.
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Plans & arrangements
Online family mediation and MIAMs
A calm guide to remote mediation in England and Wales — how online sessions work, where a MIAM fits, safety, costs and next steps.
Read the guideThe Family Mediation Voucher Scheme
How the scheme can contribute up to £500 towards mediation in England and Wales — who may qualify, what it covers and how to start.
Read the guideA free UK parenting plan template
What to put in a parenting plan, and a clear template you can fill in and keep.
Read the guideFree UK parenting plan builder
Create a private, printable first draft for England and Wales. Nothing you type is saved or sent.
Read the guideWhat to do after a parenting plan
A practical next-steps guide for putting school holidays, handovers and review points alongside the plan you have agreed.
Read the guideParenting plan examples for UK families
Plain-English patterns for separated families, with the handover points worth writing down.
Read the guideAlternating weeks co-parenting schedule
A practical guide to writing a week-about child-arrangements pattern, including handovers, school weeks, holidays and review points.
Read the guideLegal basics
Child arrangements orders, explained
What a child arrangements order is, who can apply, what it costs and how long it takes — and why most families never need one.
Read the guideWhat a child arrangements order can cover
A plain-English guide to what an order can decide, and how its wording connects to school weeks, holidays, contact and changing routines.
Read the guideOther court orders in child arrangements cases
A plain-English guide to the specialist court orders a parent might hear about alongside a child arrangements order.
Read the guideFamily mediation or court? How separated parents decide
A calm guide to mediation, MIAMs, costs, exemptions and what going to court involves.
Read the guideChanging child arrangements as your children grow up
How to update arrangements as children grow, routines change and teenagers want a say, calmly, clearly and with a written record.
Read the guideWhen a parent will not commit to regular child-arrangement days
A calm, source-checked guide to making regular days clearer when the other parent will not commit to a routine.
Read the guideThe C100 form and MIAM, step by step
What the C100 is, the MIAM you usually attend first, the £270 fee and what happens after you apply.
Read the guideCafcass, explained
Who Cafcass are, the safeguarding letter before the first hearing, and what a section 7 report is.
Read the guideWhat records should I keep?
The five records worth keeping — and what “court-ready” really means, and doesn't.
Read the guideHow to read a ParentGlow court pack
A complete sample court pack from a made-up family, and a page-by-page guide to what it shows, what it leaves out and how the bundle rules treat it.
Read the guideCan text messages be used in family court?
Yes — and how you keep and present them matters far more than the app they were sent in.
Read the guideChild contact centres, explained
Supported vs supervised contact, the handover service where parents don't meet, referrals and a first visit.
Read the guideWhat happens when a child arrangements order is broken
A calm guide to reasonable excuse, form C79, enforcement and keeping a clear record in England and Wales.
Read the guideHow long does a child arrangements order take?
The latest court figures, the steps before the first hearing and what the Child Focused Courts model changes.
Read the guideCan grandparents or other relatives apply for a child arrangements order?
Who can apply without permission, when a relative needs the court's permission and how agreement can help.
Read the guideTime & holidays
UK school term dates by council
Term dates, half terms and school holidays for UK local authorities, from each council's own published calendar — with the first day pupils go back, not the first day staff do.
Read the guideSplitting the school holidays
Fair ways to share the holidays — alternate, split in half or week-about — plus a free template.
Read the guideTwo-home school holiday planner
Pick your council, or two, choose how to share each break, and see who has the children on which dates, with a calendar file.
Read the guideCommunication & day-to-day
Agreeing discipline across two homes
A practical guide to agreeing a few calm, child-focused boundaries across two homes, without trying to make every rule identical.
Read the guideWhen the other parent won't use a co-parenting app
You can't force them — but you can keep your own records, run your own calendar and invite them well. An honest guide to what works solo.
Read the guideParallel parenting, explained
Staying fully involved with your children while stepping back from conflict with the other parent — and the structure that makes it workable.
Read the guideMicrosoft Teams for co-parenting?
A fair look at using Teams for messages, calls, dates and files — and where a purpose-built co-parenting app helps.
Read the guideCalmer co-parenting communication
How to keep messages calm and clear, even with a high-conflict ex.
Read the guideWhen school contacts only one parent
A calm, child-focused guide to asking a school or GP surgery to check how separated parents receive routine information.
Read the guideCalmer handovers
Making handovers predictable and low-stress for you and the children.
Read the guideMoney
Best co-parenting app for shared child expenses
What to look for in a shared expense tracker: agreed splits, receipts, approval points and one clear running balance.
Read the guideChild costs after separation
A plain-English guide to who pays for what — maintenance, shared extras and the costs to agree first.
Read the guideSplitting children's costs
Fair ways to share the cost of clubs, uniform, trips and the rest — without the friction.
Read the guideWhat co-parenting apps cost in the UK
What the UK apps actually charge once both parents are on them — per-parent pricing, free tiers and the total a family pays a month and a year.
Read the guideFree printable templates
Our parenting plan (printable)
A free, fill-in-and-print UK parenting plan — living arrangements, contact, holidays, school, health and money.
Read the guideOur holiday plan (printable)
A free, printable template to share the school holidays fairly — each break, who has the children, dates and handover.
Read the guideWhere the guides come to life
A guide is a start. ParentGlow keeps it living.
Reading is the easy part — the hard part is keeping the plan current as life changes. ParentGlow is the calm place to put what you've agreed: a shared calendar both homes can see, the holiday pattern, the costs to split, and messages that stay kind. One plan covers both parents.
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