Relationships with friends and social activities.Suggested topics for these notebooks are listed as:Ĭhild News Report for Infants & Toddlers might include:Ī Child News Report for Pre-School & School-Aged Children might include: Then at the end of their parenting time, this parent will write down an entry and send the notebook along with the child. After the child’s exchange, the other parent should read and initial the news entry in the notebook. You should also include any issues that came up while your child was in your care that call for further discussion. Include details about medical care, serious injuries or illnesses, diet, education, school or events, major social events, and upcoming appointments. The information you write in your child’s news report will depend on the child’s age. The parents are instructed to use the Report in this way: At or near the end of your parenting time with your child, begin a new dated entry in the notebook and write down information about your time with the child. This can be especially true during longer blocks of parenting time. The notebook may not be effective in dealing with time-sensitive issues. A notebook can be lost, changed or destroyed. There are some disadvantages of using a notebook instead of technology. The notebook is an inexpensive tool that does not require the use of any technology. Notebooks with a binding are better than loose-leaf pages or a spiral notebook. The Child News Report can be as simple as a notebook that travels with the child to each parent’s home. This communication tool works something like a progress report between a teacher and a parent. The Child News Report is described as: a great way to help parents easily share basic information. The Co-Parenting Communication Guide calls this type of communication the “Child News Report”, and talks about using an old-fashioned notebook that is transferred back and forth between the parents of a toddler or an infant, rather than emails. There’s another description of these Reports in the Arizona AFCC Summit Project report on parent communications. All communication between the parents shall be reasonable and appropriate in all regards. The parties also shall not use any substitutes for profanities, such as random keystrokes, and shall not use any changes in font or emphasis to show anger or dissatisfaction. In ALL communication including the weekly e-mails, Mother and Father shall be respectful in their tone and shall not use any profanities or expletives. It will then serve as the “record” for critical, non-emergency communication, whether for future decision-making or for future litigation purposes. It may state as little as confirmation that the prior e-mail from the other parent has been received, or it may include substantive responses to issues or events noted by the other party.Įach parent is directed to print each e-mail and store them in a binder or other filing system. on each Monday, each parent shall send a responding e-mail. The e-mail shall not be critical in nature, but rather shall be informational and designed to create a dialogue on any issues that require both parties to act.īy no later than 9:00 p.m. Lastly, any issues that exist for the child shall be summarized along with that parent’s thoughts as to how or what must be addressed. Further, any upcoming events or appointments shall be detailed in the e-mail. The e-mail shall detail relevant events during the parenting time regarding the child, including medical, school or extra-curricular activities. on each Sunday, each parent shall send an e-mail to the other parent. The weekly email report shall be in addition to any other communication between the parents.īy no later than 6:00 p.m. Weekly Parental Communication Regarding the Child: To assist the parents in developing an appropriate level of communication, the parents shall exchange weekly “reports” via e-mail. The Maricopa Orders usually read something like this: If you don’t already have a Report ordered by your parenting plan or court orders, you may want to request that the other parent do this with you. I prepared this post to help with the content of those Reports. When they aren’t particularly effective, it’s usually because one or both parents don’t understand what should really be in the report. I’ve seen mixed success with the use of these reports. More and more Maricopa County parenting time orders are including a provision that the parents exchange a “Child News Report”, “Weekly Report”, or “Transition Report” about the children who are traveling between two homes.
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