Build your co-parenting app.

How to build your co-parenting app

1. 1

   Describe the job

   Keep proposed family arrangements and accepted calendar changes easy to distinguish.

2. 2

   Review the first version

   Choose how the parent records the family alias and how the co-parent reviews the next step.

3. 3

   Refine the views

   Ask First to adjust the fields and views for the people who will use the app.

4. 4

   Test before sharing

   Walk through the process with a sample record and check who owns the next action.

What to include in your co-parenting app

• Keep the family alias in context

  Keep family alias, proposed handoff, calendar reference, expense request, acceptance and message record together so the next person can understand the request or record.

• When the next step needs a decision

  One parent proposes a calendar change that the other has not accepted. Keep the current and proposed arrangements distinct.

• Keep message record visible

  Record the agreed arrangement without overwriting a proposal the other person declined.

• Choose what each person needs

  Give the parent a working view and the co-parent a review view. Keep family alias and proposed handoff attached to the decision as the work moves between them.