as a divorce and parenting coach ive found that children of divorce do best when both of their parents continue to be actively involved in their lives cooperative coparenting keys to making it work i have traveled to more than 50 countries in the past 20 years a point of pride that came from choosing an alternative lifestyle one of independence freedom and risk having my daughter ava four years ago began a transformation of my identity and with it anxiety traveling with children i believe there are steps to getting off the rat wheel of parental stress but we all have to join together and stop trying to out perform each other rest relax take a deep breath the world is still spinning the sun is probably going to come up tomorrow and everything is going to be ok do you feel like youre the only parent spinning out of control