The Never-Ending Relationship for Families with a Child: Co-Parenting
The Never-Ending Relationship for Families with a Child: Co-Parenting
In this article, Dr. Selenga Gürmen has created a critical baseline source for researchers in Turkey by reviewing studies on the co-parenting relationship in the literature. The co-parenting relationship is a concept that is independent of the partner relationship between parents and only includes decisions and practices regarding their children.
Co-parenting, a relatively new concept, was first conceptualized and researched in divorced families in the USA in the 1980s.
Later, it was explained and studied by experts in different family structures, such as currently married, remarried, and never married.
Studies on co-parenting have found that this concept is dynamic and is affected by both individual (such as parent and child characteristics) and relational (spouse/ex-spouse relationship and parent-child relationship) factors.
In addition, co-parenting impacts many individual, relational, and family functions, especially on children's development and psychological adjustment. This concept has not yet been specifically named and studied in our country.
This comprehensive review article has been prepared because the discussions around shared custody practices have made this issue even more critical.
This article, which compiles the literature in full detail, calls for researchers, clinicians, and social workers.
References
Gürmen, M. S. (2019). Çocukla Gelen ve Hiç Bitmeyen İlişki: Ortak Parenting. Türk Psikoloji Yazıları, 22(44).