What Is Co-Parenting? Understanding complexities to help move toward possible realities
Dr. Calvina Ellerbe, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Abstract
Whenever two people are raising a child together, co-parenting or some parallel of
co-parenting is likely happening. Co-parenting involves collaboration and is a process
rather than a category. Parents engage in co-parenting differently based on many factors.
Co-parenting, or a version of it, is occurring in Black communities, although the
term may not fit with cultural values and experiences.