Solo co-parenting that works when only you are trying.

Solo co-parenting — sometimes called one-sided or parallel parenting — is the situation most co-parenting apps quietly ignore: you are willing to coordinate, document, and keep things calm, but the other parent will not install an app, will not pay for one, or simply does not respond. Ask around any separated- parents forum and this is the most common complaint about co-parenting software: it only works if both people agree to use it, and the person you most need a record with is the least likely to agree.

ParentBridge flips that assumption. Everything on your side — the custody calendar, expense log with photo receipts, your kids' health and school records, messages, and verified handoffs — works fully with one account. Nothing waits for a second sign-up. The result is a single timestamped record of what you organized, what you sent, and what happened, built up as you go rather than reconstructed from old texts the night before a mediation appointment.

When something needs their attention — a schedule change, an expense to split, a handoff reminder — ParentBridge relays it to your co-parent as a plain email or text message. No download, no account, no argument about which app to use. Email replies land straight back in your ParentBridge thread, so the conversation and the record stay in one place; expense notices even accept a simple YES or NO reply to approve or dispute a cost. Every relay message carries a one-click opt-out, because a record built on consent is a stronger record.

Email relay is free up to 25 updates a month — enough for most families' real coordination traffic. Premium adds unlimited email relay and text-message delivery, plus court-ready exports of the whole trail: what you sent, when it was delivered, and what came back. If circumstances change and the other parent does eventually join, everything you built solo is already there waiting — the schedule, the ledger, the records — with nothing to migrate.