Through my work as the founder of London Divorce Guide, I have found that one of the biggest challenges parents can face during separation and divorce is managing their children’s care and schedules. Given the number of communication methods we use daily, details of important matters relating to the child(ren) can get lost or confused, leading to further conflict between the parents.
In my experience, unless the child’s care and schedule are well managed, there is a risk that the child becomes involved in the acrimony, which can harm their growth and wellbeing - a factor many child psychologists have raised.
OurFamilyWizard provides an excellent tool for parents to better manage children’s care and schedules through all phases – before, during and after divorce or separation. Tara Dunne, Legal Associate and James Evans, Head of UK Professional Education from OurFamilyWizard recently gave an informative presentation on the OurFamilyWizard platform and application, which enables healthy communication between parents, children and other family members involved in the child’s life. It has many useful features to meet the needs of modern life such as time swap requests, message history reports and being able to upload information regarding health, schools and finances as well as documents such as parenting plans. I was particularly impressed with the ‘ToneMeter’ which flags up in real time any potentially offensive or inflammatory language, giving parents a moment to think about whether they really want to send a message and to avoid any unnecessary tension.
OurFamilyWizard can help parents avoid conflict and save considerable time and money by minimising the need to communicate their children’s needs through their lawyers. It also gives children the chance to be heard and get involved by creating journal entries, communicating directly with the parent they don’t live with (where allowed) and observing the calendar entries which relate to them.
OurFamilyWizard has been court-ordered in all cities of the UK which means that the agreed parenting plan can be enforced by the Judge, requiring both parties to comply. In addition, the Judge can order that the parties only use OurFamilyWizard as their communication platform to avoid manipulation on other communication platforms as well as keep a documented account of the messages.
It is our shared responsibility as family law professionals to help children grow up in a healthy environment no matter what their background or parenting arrangements are and for parents on a low income OurFamilyWizard provides free accounts through a financial hardship form.
I was pleased to discover this platform and application has been developed with practicality in mind and I would urge both parents and professionals to consider using it to better manage their children’s care and schedules.
For further information on OurFamilyWizard please click on the link or contact Tara Dunne (tdunne@ourfamilywizard.co.uk) or Customer support (info@ourfamilywizard.co.uk).
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