Mediation of Parenting Plans
The separation of parents can be a time of high stress for both children and the adults involved. Megan Main-Baillie is committed to ensuring that the best interests of children are protected in the separation process in order for children to grow into healthy and thriving adults.
What is a Parenting Plan
A parenting plan is like a road map for families who are in the process of separation. This road map navigates the living arrangements of the separated family, the way in which the child/children will be cared for, how conflict will be resolved and everything in between, including the management of schooling, holidays, birthdays, step-parents etc. Parenting plans need to be developed with the child/children’s developmental stage in mind and needs to incorporate a level of flexibility in order for the plan to change as the child/children enter new developmental stages which naturally come with different needs and expectations.
“I don’t think one parent can raise a child. I don’t think two parents can raise a child. You really need the whole village.”
Toni Morrison
Parenting Plan Process
Megan Main-Baillie is a Clinical Psychologist in Fourways and offers an in depth mediation process between parents in order to produce a parenting plan that meets the best interests of the child/children involved. Megan Main-Baillie brings her extensive knowledge of family systems, conflict resolution and child development to the process of co-creating a parenting plan that is sustainable, appropriate and most importantly fosters the growth of all members of the family system. Several mediation sessions with the parents will be conducted, either in person or online, until a mutually acceptable resolution is reached. The child/children will also be evaluated during this process in order to produce a parenting plan that takes into consideration the voice of the child, is child-centred and fosters happy and thriving children.
“Co-parenting: It’s not a competition between two homes. It’s a collaboration of parents doing what is best for the kids”
Heather Hetchler
Megan Main-Baillie, Clinical Psychologist: Fourways 