One Stop. Your Child-Centred Parenting Plan, Guided by a Child Development Expert

No More Guessing if Your Kids Are Going to Be Okay

You’re walking the road you never imagined. Raising your kids, separated from their other parent. Heart loaded with grief, mind spiralling with impossible questions.

You love your kids with all your heart. You just want to know that the decisions you make now will make sure they’re going to be okay. And that you’re going to be okay.

But there are so, so many overwhelming unknowns.

  • Can your 4-year-old manage any overnights away from their primary carer?

  • Is a week-about arrangement too destabilising for your 6-year-old?

  • How on earth can we actually manage a Birthday, or Christmas without ruining everything for the kids?

  • How do you handle the things you haven't even thought of yet? Unexpected milestones, changing schedules, and the tricky 'in-between' moments that leave everyone feeling unsettled.

And maybe the biggest of all:

How will you ever get your co-parent to see eye-to-eye on a shared care schedule when you both wish you could somehow have the kids with you every single day?

Beneath it all lies your deepest, most devastating fear: that the wrong decision now could affect your child's development, their sense of security, or your relationship with them for years to come.

Take a deep, gentle breath.

Push your feet into the ground.

Well-meaning friends will give you plenty of opinions and horror stories (invited or not)

Online generic templates developed by lawyers will give you legal formatting whilst answering none of your questions on how to support your child’s emotional needs.

Imagine looking back five years from now, knowing exactly how you safely carried your children through this transition with a Parenting Plan you both actually adhered to.

I’m Tiffany Rochester

And I’m here to take you by the hand and gently walk you through:

  • every question you have

  • every solution that’s possible,

As you write the story your children will tell:

How you safely carried them through this time of transition, with confidence and love.

Everything you need, all in one place:

Clear information on child development needs in two home families.

Multiple examples of how other families have successfully navigated tricky decisions.

Help to confidently word the terms and clauses in your comprehensive Parenting Plan.

So that there’s no need for conflict, anymore.

Let’s Replace Exhaustion with Certainty

When co-parenting feels like a tug-of-war of opinions, it’s exhausting for everyone. This guided switches out the 'I want/you want' debate for clear decisions based on what your child needs. You’ll find clear, objective data and perspectives, so you can build your plan on a solid developmental foundation.

Together we will:

Explore what is most important to you as you raise your children as separated parents.

Support the unique family dynamics and developmental needs in your family.

Review relevant research on supporting healthy child development when parents are separated.

Step through protective clauses that safeguard your communication pathways and ensure your agreement holds.

You will walk away with a comprehensive Parenting Plan document ready to sign, covering every logistic of raising kids as separated parents.

With that comes confidence that lasts.

You will know the why behind every clause, giving you confidence that you are setting the foundation for years of more peaceful co-parenting ahead.

You will create your Baseline Standard.

A predictable, non-negotiable minimum schedule complemented by a decision-making process for when communication is difficult, instantly reducing conflict.

You will be prepared for the future.

No decisions made on uninformed best guesses. Instead, ground your plan in decades of child development research, knowing that your choices genuinely serve your children's best interests as they grow.

You will protect your kid’s emotional well-being.

Build a framework designed to shield your children from conflict and remove the invisible burdens that trap children in painful 'loyalty binds'.

This is your pathway to a strong co-parenting relationship as you raise resilient kids across two healthy homes.

Introducing our Child-Focussed Parenting Plan Course

This course is the necessary alternative to standard legal templates and basic conflict management courses.

Inside this course, I guide you past the tsunami of emotions to your own deepest wisdom on the needs of your children, in the context of your family. We then pair that with the exact developmental guidance you need about what will serve your children best for each age and stage, within your family system.

I’ll step you through your fully customisable Parenting Plan template, supported by downloadable guides, assessment tools, tip-sheets and parenting scripts as you develop your comprehensive child-centred Parenting Plan—without the thousands of dollars for individual professional support.

If you’re looking for a solution that lets you get on with raising your kids without everyone else sticking their nose in, this course is for you.

No generic legal templates. We focus on the clinical science that creates a psychologically durable, developmentally sensitive agreement.

Create a conflict-proof, child-first agreement that prioritises your children's emotional and developmental needs at every age and every stage.

What Makes This Different?

Clinical Foundation:

The course integrates principles from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Compassion-Focused Therapy, focusing on building your separated-parent mindset and emotional conflict tools before drafting clauses.

Developmentally Attuned Schedules:

You'll find explicit, age-specific recommendations for overnights, transitions, and shared care schedules (especially 0-4 years) that prevents you from making pressured, agonising decisions based on best guesses and bad advice.

Conflict-Proofing Clauses: You’ll find recommendations for clinically-informed, proactive clauses that deliberately shield children from conflict, with clear resolution pathways using a Coach, not a Referee.

Your Expert Guide

Tiffany Rochester, Clinical Psychologist & Co-Parenting Coach

Raising kids across two homes needs so much more than a legal document.

As a Clinical Psychologist and Co-Parenting Coach, I have been supporting parents through the process of separation for over two decades. From the highly amicable through to high-conflict and expert witness testimony in the Family Court, I’ve resourced hundreds of parents to create resilient, stable two-home families.

  • I know where things go to hell in a handbasket: I have witnessed the devastating trauma families face in broken, adversarial systems. This is why I am deeply committed to creating accessible, compassionate alternatives to costly, drawn-out litigation.

  • Battle-Tested Pragmatism: Every lesson and clause is grounded in developmental psychology, not law, and carries the unique, battle-tested pragmatism that comes from years within the Family Court system.

  • Unwavering Support: Honestly, I heap love upon our parents - human to human, I serve with my heart. I want you to know you will be deeply held and cared for as you move through this difficult and ultimately healing work. You are in exactly the right place.

This is the course that will help you achieve what lawyers alone simply cannot provide - true, child-focussed guidance for parents raising kids across two homes.

Program Details

The Child-Focussed Parenting Plan Course is a self-paced, video-guided program that walks you step-by-step through creating your complete plan, ready to sign or take to your dispute resolution specialist.

Module

Core Focus Area

Why This Matters

1

Welcome & Mindset

Defining your future Co-Parenting Identity.

Knowing who you want to become is the bedrock of a successful plan.

2

Foundational Principles

Creating the Baseline Standard, setting clear rules for decision-making and conflict resolution.

You establish the ‘insurance policy’ that will keep things amicable during tough times and prevent arguments from re-opening.

3

Foundational Clauses & Interim Planning

Drafting the essential identification, values, and decision-making clauses and deciding on Interim vs. Final status.

This sets the non-negotiable tone and flexibility for your entire agreement and ensures the plan grows with your child.

4

Developmentally Attuned Shared Care

Age-specific guidance for Infants, Toddlers, School-Aged Children, and Adolescents (including considerations for Neurodivergent children).

Step out of arguments about what's fair for the parents and design a schedule focused on what works best for your kids.

5

Designing Your Schedule

Step-by-step guidance on shared care schedule options and low-conflict handovers.

You create a physical plan that is logistically realistic for your family's unique choreography.

6

Holidays & Extended Breaks

Drafting airtight plans for term holidays, summer breaks, and Extended Holidays.

You ensure both parents get quality connection time while minimising transitions and conflict.

7-8

Emotional Flashpoints

Arrangements for Birthdays, Mother's/Father's Day, Religious Observances, Public Holidays and Children's Achievements.

You protect these precious days from becoming melting pots of tension and stress.

9-14

The Protective Framework

Managing Education, Travel, Health, Extended Family, Extracurricular Activities, and Gift Giving.

You ensure your plan is truly comprehensive and protective, covering every logistical detail that could cause future conflict.

15-18

Communication & The Long Game

Protocols for Communication with Kids, Introduction of New Partners, and Co-Parent Communication (Shielding from Conflict, Strategic Planning)

Your psychological shield for the long term—giving you tools to navigate the inevitable challenges ahead.

What’s Included

Video Masterclass Lessons

Full, Self-Paced Access to All Modules

The Master Parenting Plan Proposal Template Customisable Document Ready to Print

Exclusive Developmental Handouts and Guides

  • Protecting Your Financial Future

  • Understanding Attachment

  • Complete Guide to Smooth Handovers

  • Developmental Readiness Checklist for Increasing Overnight Schedules for 3–5-year-olds

  • Overview of Shared Care Schedules for Children and Teens - Which One is Right for Your Kids?

Get Expert Guidance for a Fraction of the Cost.

Knowing where to spend your dollars at a time when everything feels stretched is hard. The whole reason we’re here is to reduce the emotional, time and financial costs that come from avoiding difficult conversations, following litigious processes, and feeling trapped in unhealthy dynamics.

Our entire Parenting Plan course costs less than one hour with most Family Lawyers.

Instead of a mounting legal bill, you walk away with a complete, child-centred agreement, on terms you decide, for the life you want to be living.

Never Feel Stuck: Your Support Triage

We know that even with the best roadmap, sometimes you hit a fork in the road that feels too heavy to navigate alone. You don’t have to do any of this on your own. If you need a little extra "clinical weigh-in" to help you with your decisions, we’re here for you, every step of the way.

  • Guided Course: Solve the 90% of your agreement that relies on standard developmental milestones and clear logistics.

  • Expert Check-In: Hit a specific roadblock? Course participants get priority access to book 30-minute Laser Coaching Calls with Tiffany to troubleshoot a single clause or communication snag (additional costs apply).

  • Specialist Signposts: Throughout the modules, I’ll point out exactly when a situation may need to move from a "DIY" plan to a formal Collaborative Law Team, mediation or other dispute resolution process.

Use the course to do the heavy lifting, so if you do need to pay for an expert’s time, you’re only paying for the final 10%—knowing all the basics are covered.

"We’re already talking to lawyers. Do we still need this?"

Lawyers are experts in the law; what you need is an expert in child development and family systems. A lawyer can make your agreement "legal," but they can’t tell you if a week-about schedule will cause your six-year-old to regress. This course ensures your legal documents are actually functional and developmentally sound. Use this to build the plan, and if two signatures on the page don't carry enough weight for your comfort, take it to your lawyer for the final "rubber stamp." You’ll save hours of expensive back-and-forth.

"What if my co-parent is 'High Conflict' and won't engage?"

Then this course is actually more important for you. In high-conflict dynamics, ambiguity is the fuel. By creating a clinically-backed Proposal on your own, you gain clarity on the arguments you don’t need to have, the work-around solutions you didn’t know were there (that don’t compromise your values or your kids), and the small number of issues where you really do need to stand your ground. Through it all, you’ll have confidence that every recommendation you make is truly in the best interests of your kids, staying focused on your child’s well-being above the struggle.

"Is this just a bunch of templates I can find on Google or AI?"

Not even close.  You can find a template for free, and AI can spit out a generic schedule in seconds, but neither of them will help you with the specific developmental milestones of your children in your situation. 

This is a guided process. I won’t make the decisions for you, but I’ll sure as heck give you everything you need to make strong, informed choices for yourself. It’s the difference between using "AI Slop" to auto-fill a generic house plan and having a Master Architect sit down with you to design a home that actually fits the way your family lives. One looks okay on a screen but collapses under pressure. The other is a Blueprint for Stability—engineered by an expert to ensure that when the winds of conflict blow, your kids’ world doesn’t shake.

"What if we start together but then can't agree?"

This is exactly why the course exists. Most parents get stuck because they are arguing based on "gut feel" or outdated advice from well-meaning friends. We will ground your every decision in the "why" of clinical science.

If you hit a roadblock you can't resolve, we’ve built in specialist signposts. These markers tell you exactly when it’s time to pause the DIY and seek direct consultation with a specialist (and we’ll show you exactly where to go and what you need to ask them).

Resolve the foundational pieces together at your own pace, so that if you do need specialist support, you can focus your time and energy on the complex heart of the matter. Work through the 90% you agree on, so the experts can help you bridge the final 10% with care.

“But what if I need more than a plan? My Ex won’t follow any signed paper.”

Beautiful human, you’re asking the right questions. Co-parenting without conflict takes more than signatures of a carefully drafted contract.



It’s crucial we don’t put the cart before the horse. You can’t attempt to bring your co-parent on board when you’re still figuring out for yourself what it truly is you need them onboard with.



As we step through each area of your plan, you will find new ways to express your wants and needs, shared ground you mightn’t realise you even had. And if you are in the situation of raising kids with someone who uses high conflict strategies? You’ll find clear, exact guidance on the most affordable and efficient pathways to stay out of litigation and still develop a water-tight agreement that holds.

Choose the path that fits your family

I’m Leading the Way

For the parent working independently. If your co-parent isn't ready or willing, you can still create an expertly informed Proposal that protects your peace and advocates for your children’s developmental needs.

$527

Single Enrolment

GET STARTED SOLO

We’re Building This Together

For parents committed to a shared vision. Work through the modules at your own pace, and meet together to establish your non-negotiable "Baseline Standard.”

$787

Two Unique Enrolments

Save $267

GET STARTED TOGETHER & SAVE

About our "Together" rate:

It’s our way of providing a bit of extra help to support parents who want to be on the same page, putting your children’s stability above the struggle. You save $267 today, and potentially thousands in future negotiations.

Why this is the smartest investment you’ll make today

  • Prevent the Financial Bleed: Laying the foundation for a thoughtful agreement now saves your family thousands of dollars in future legal fees and litigation.

  • Clinical Science over Legal Drama: This isn’t a legalese template; you are getting a psychologically durable agreement grounded in decades of child development research.

If this course prevents just two hours of back-and-forth between opposing lawyers, it has already paid for itself. If it prevents a decade of childhood trauma, its value is immeasurable.

Frequently Asked Questions

My co-parent won't do this with me. Can I still take the course?

Yes, absolutely. You are in the right place. If you're working independently, this course guides you through creating a balanced, considerate proposal that takes your co-parent's perspective into account. Your final draft will by your expertly informed Proposal, giving you confidence when you present it to your co-parent or take it to mediation or your lawyer.

Is this course legally binding?

This course provides a Parenting Plan Proposal ready for signing, which is a legally recognised document showing your current agreed intentions. It is not legally enforceable like a Court Order. However, non-enforceable signed Parenting Plans like this document provide strong evidence of your agreement if you later seek collaboration, mediation or Consent Orders. The focus is on voluntary compliance driven by clinical knowledge, which is the ultimate determinant of a plan's success. If you require legally binding orders, your lawyer can help you take your child focussed proposal through the process of a Consent Order.

How long will it take to complete the course?

There is no right or wrong pace here. Some parents complete this course over a weekend, and others take several weeks to reflect on each section. Trust yourself about what works for your situation.

Does this cover financial agreements like child support?

No. Parenting Plans deal only with the care, welfare, and development of the children. Financial arrangements like child support, spousal maintenance, or property are a separate legal stream. We don't want to mix conversations about money with conversations about parenting time. We do, however, provide recommendations for trusted professionals who can help you with your financial separation.

Is there any Funding Support available?

Just Fund provides financial support to families going through separation, including funding Co-Parenting Companion services. This is an ideal solution for parents who know they will have financial capacity after their settlement is finalised, but whose capital is tied up in assets or, for whatever reason, they can't access it right now. Just Fund's model is a standard interest-bearing loan, not a percentage payout like litigation funders. The loan amount is not tied to the size of your final settlement, and there are no repayments until your financial settlement is finalised. You can explore more about their funding options here.

There’s No Need to Decide Your Child's Future by Guesswork.

You can stop the agonizing exhaustion and the fear of making the "wrong" decision.

Enroll now to gain clarity and develop the conflict-proof document you need.

Laying the foundation for a thoughtful agreement now saves your family countless hours of stress and literally thousands of dollars later down the track.

Let’s build the stable, loving environment you and your children deserve.

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Co-Parenting Companion provides a safe and affirming space for people of all cultures, genders, sexualities and neurotypes.

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