Ideas, updates and guides from RealCoFamily on conscious co-parenting and new family models, to build relationships with more trust.
The life I dreamed of never arrived, and it was the best thing that could have happened to me. This is the story that led me to create RealCoFamily: a community for people who believe there is more than one way to build a family.
Looking for the person you will raise a child with is nothing like looking for a partner. Here are the steps, the difficult conversations and the warning signs worth knowing before you start.
Wanting to become a parent without having a partner no longer forces you to choose between waiting and doing it alone. Here are the shapes a family can take today, what each one asks of you, and how to tell which fits.
A co-parenting agreement is not written when the first conflict appears. It is discussed beforehand, in the calm. Here are the topics worth closing and the traps people fall into most.
The decision gets talked about a lot. The first year, almost not at all. Here is what actually weighs once you are inside: the network you thought you had, the guilt that is not yours, and other people's questions.
It is the objection that always comes up and almost nobody answers with evidence. Here is what we know about children's wellbeing in non-conventional families, what Spain's Committee on Bioethics said, and what remains open.
The complaints repeat almost word for word across different countries and price models: fake profiles, abandoned accounts, and paying to reach nobody. That is not three bad products, it is how the category fails.
Separate your wish to build a family from social pressure and biological urgency. Keys to planning a conscious, shared upbringing calmly.
Co-parenting, co-paternity, shared parenting: the terms get used as synonyms, but they do not say the same thing. What each one means, how they differ from shared custody, and what the law says in Spain.
Conscious co-parenting means raising a child from love, respect, and shared responsibility, with or without a romantic relationship. Here is what it is, its advantages, and how to find the right person.
The life I dreamed of never arrived, and it was the best thing that could have happened. From my years in Ireland to founding RealCoFamily: why there is more than one way to build a family, and how to connect for real, honestly and with purpose.