Are you trying to find the best spot to meet with your ex-spouse or the other parent of your children, but you're having a difficult time finding somewhere that you can spend a little time and talk? It's important to maintain a good relationship with each other as parents if you want to be able to co-parent, and if you want your child to feel like they can still count on both of you. Here are a few great meeting locations you can try when you swapping the children, if you would like to avoid doing it at either parent's house.

Family Restaurant

If you can show the children that the two of you can still enjoy meal with everyone, and that they can have one meal a week with both of their parents, this is an ideal situation. Choose a family restaurant that will have affordable prices, a lot of kids, a friendly and happy atmosphere, and that has some of your child's favorite items on the menu. You can even bring a board game while you wait for your food.

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Park with Permitting Weather

A park is a great neutral spot where the children can play and have fun, and they can feel comfortable knowing that both of their parents are watching. This can also allow the two of you some privacy if there are things that you want to talk about, paperwork you have to go over, or issues that need to be resolved.

Library

A library is somewhere that the children can do homework if needed while waiting for the other parent, there are often a variety of activities at local libraries, and the kids can check out movies or books. This also allows a siting area for the parents to talk, and for the family to spend a little time together.

You don't want your child to pick up on any resentment that the two of you may have towards each other or feel like they can't have both of you together if they want to spend time with both of their parents. Talk with your children's parent to see if any of these places will work for them, so you can try to spend some time each week co-parenting and sharing time with your children together. This will pay off over time because your relationship with the other parent will stay strong and your children will be happy.