Making joint decisions can be incredibly tough. Even the simplest of cases, like you and your roommate deciding what couch to get, can quickly spiral into an argument for the ages. Compromise is key, but it’s also one of the most difficult things we have to do as humans. Everybody wants their way, and it’s easy to get caught up in your idea of right, especially when it concerns a big, life-altering decision, like where to send your child to school. 

That’s the crux of co-parenting– making joint decisions in service of your child’s wellbeing, whether you’re happy about it or not. And more often than not, there’s still some amount of bad blood that needs working through. Such is the case in a recent Reddit thread that stirred up debate about how to appropriately co-parent. There’s no one way to do it, and every family is different, but commenters had some choice words for these parents.