Do you have scheduling issues with your ex? Do you rely on your child to tell their other parent about events, changes, or anything that has a date attached? Do you have to constantly remind someone about his or her appointments? Do you need to remind your ex when your parenting time or visitaiton is? You can avoid many problems associated with this type of three-way communication by incorporating technology into your life in the form of Google Calendar.

Google Calendar is a wonderful creation by Google. Google Calendar can even synchronize with your outlook calendar. You can invite several people to view your calendar, and even have several people who have permission to change the calendar. This would enable you to share a calendar with your child’s other parent easily keeping track of pick up times, appointments, and special events.

It is very simple to use, you do not need a special Google email to use it. You can use the email you have right now. Just go to Google.com Then click on more. In that list is the Calendar. Click on that and follow the easy instructions to get started. It is very intuitive but if you try it and have issues, feel free to contact me and I will try to help you.

This very useful tool can help a family cope with being apart. It can help a child who has two homes arrange all of his or her activities without any misunderstandings. You can avoid passing information on through the kids, no talking to the ex is even required other than to tell them about the calendar.

If you have a teenager, you can invite them via their email address, giving both parents and teenager permission to add, delete and alter the calendar. This way a teenager can add important events the moment he or she knows about them so you will not miss out.

Currently I use the Google calendar for my teenager who lives with me so that I can see her work schedule, school schedule, dates, and events at a glance. I will not forget, she does not have to remind me, and it avoids problems. She can send it to her dad as well, and he can view it easily from anywhere in the world. That is important since he is in Afghanistan right now. Even though he is away and cannot attend events, at least he is aware of them and can comment by dropping an email.

In addition, he feels more involved. Not to mention the fact he does not have to call me, email me, or communicate with me in anyway to find out what is going on. He just clicks, and like magic, he knows.