So much of what we do as parent coordinators is correcting the wrongs and missteps parents have taken with their children before hiring a parent coordinator. Correcting parenting missteps takes hard work, consistency, patience, and often true reality check.
So, what do you do when your teenager refuses to go on parenting time? Well, each child is an individual. Many of these children are being manipulated by a misguided adult. Other teens really have important issues that must be addressed immediately. It is impossible to tell which type of teen you are dealing with until someone is willing to get close enough to the teen to see what his or her true intentions are. In many cases, your parent coordinator will recommend a therapist who is willing to work with the children and the parent coordinator to get to the bottom of the child’s actual issues.
A court of law is the last place parents should face off with a troubled teen. Legal actions often only antagonize a troubled teen. Given time, earning the child’s trust will allow both parents to see the problem from the child’s perspective rather than as part of a larger power struggle between parents.
