The Hidden Costs of Custody: When Co Parenting Turns into Codependency The recent advice column on Slate's Care and Feeding sparked a timely conversation about the blurred lines between co parenting and codependency in divorced households.
A reader, "Still Responsible," shared his frustration with his ex wife's constant requests for help with household maintenance, citing their 50/50 custody arrangement and his own financial responsibilities.
The advice columnist, Greg, cautioned against taking on too much of the emotional and practical load, suggesting that Still Responsible needed to communicate more clearly about his boundaries.