""My daughter's dad and I really pride ourselves in the fact that we have not fought in front of her since she was like six months old. She's almost five now, and we don't talk crap on the other parent in front of her," TikTok mom, angelehlers_, explained. "So, she has no idea why we wouldn't be friends, why we wouldn't all hang out. Like she just genuinely just thinks like we're all just like friends, like her best friends,""
""We're all watching fireworks together. My daughter sees my fiancé come in, and she's like, 'My gosh, I have a surprise for you! Close your eyes.' Hand walks my fiancé to the kitchen where her father is standing, and puts my fiancé face-to-face with her dad. And then she goes, 'Okay, open your eyes.' He opens his eyes, and she goes, 'It's my dad!'""
Coparenting requires restraint and consistent civility for children's emotional safety. A mother and her child's father avoided arguing or speaking negatively about each other in front of their daughter from infancy, so by age five she assumed both parents and her mother's fiancé were simply friends. During a Fourth of July gathering the child orchestrated a surprise that brought the father face-to-face with the mother's fiancé and prompted them to hold hands. Both adults participated willingly. The child's behavior reflects internalized cooperative family norms and demonstrates how peaceful, respectful coparenting can foster closeness and normalize blended-family relationships.
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