Addiction in Your Co-Parent: What to Tell Your Child (All ages)

Your child's other parent has an addiction. Maybe it's been clear for years, maybe it's emerged or worsened since the separation. Either way, you're now parenting alongside someone whose relationship with alcohol or drugs affects their reliability, their presence, sometimes their safety, and you're trying to work out what your child can understand, how much contact is okay, and how to protect your child without erasing a parent they may still love.In this episode of CoParentSpace we get practical about addiction in your co-parent — what actually helps for separated and divorced parents, and why — grounded in attachment science and clinical research.What we cover:• The safety line comes first• What the child can hold• The person and the illness• Holding the door, holding the boundary• The line you carryMade for parents raising children across two homes. Best for: All ages.📖 Read the full written version🌱 Explore the Living Library of evidence-based co-parenting articles: coparentspace.comCoParentSpace is the calm space for separated parents and their children — practical co-parenting and parenting-after-divorce support for life across two homes.Support the showCoparentspace.com