How well did your child do in school last year? For many this may seem like a relatively easy question to answer. However, for non-custodial parents post-divorce, this question may be harder to answer. Due to the nature of divorce, many divorced or divorcing parents do not effectively communicate with each other about their child’s progress in school. This lack of communication often leaves one parent, generally the non-custodial parent, with a lack of knowledge about their child’s progress in school.
To prevent this, parents should take advantage of parent teacher conferences. Not only are teacher conferences a great way to learn about a child’s daily school activities and over educational success, but teacher conferences are also great ways to potentially determine if the divorce is having a negative impact on the child. Children spend more time at school, with their teachers, than anywhere else. Thus, to successfully co-parent after divorce, it is important for both parents to have a working relationship with their child’s teacher or teachers.