As the school year kicks off, getting kids back into a routine can be tough—especially when parenting from separate households.
How do you ensure consistency and cooperation between homes?
Mediation offers a neutral space for parents to discuss concerns and work out agreements that support their children’s education and daily routines.
In my experience, by facilitating open communication, mediation helps you create a cohesive plan that benefits everyone involved.
This enables parents to align on schedules, responsibilities, and important decisions, reducing conflict and promoting a stable environment for their kids.
I’m a big believer that everyone wins when you can make the situation less stressful for the children!
If you’re ready to make co-parenting easier, consider mediation to improve communication and create a positive, consistent routine for your children.
Let’s get everyone off to a great start to the school year!
Beryl McNeill is a Calgary divorce lawyer who strongly believes mutual respect and understanding go a long way toward resolving family law matters. As a Registered Collaborative Law practitioner in Calgary, she has dedicated her firm to amicable, cooperative negotiation as a means for settling divorces. Furthermore, throughout her law career, Beryl has seen the costs of adversarial negotiations, both financial and emotional. In emphasizing the collaborative approach, Beryl offers her clients a more efficient model that preserves personal and monetary assets alike.
More and more individuals are attracted to resolving their family law matters in a civil, respectful way. Therefore, they come to Beryl from many walks of life—as professionals in the oil and gas industry and their spouses, business owners, and working spouses with children. Clients say that even after a single consultation with Beryl they feel less stressed and more clear about the way forward.
Beryl understands the often fearful, emotional early stages of divorce. Incorporating skills developed from her training as a life coach, Beryl helps clients move beyond their stress response to more logical, creative thinking. Once there, she works with clients to discover what’s truly important to them in attaining divorce. Furthermore, she encourages clients to picture what a successful settlement would look like a year or more down the road as a means of focusing on their goals. By educating and empowering clients, Beryl seeks to transform the way they resolve family disputes—in a more constructive, intelligent and amicable way than would be possible otherwise.
Finally, Beryl is very active with the Family Bar and the Collaborative Law Community. Her involvement provides her clients with the assurance that she has her finger on the pulse of Family Law in Alberta, offering them a distinct advantage in their quest for equity and civility.