Talking ParentsReviews 75

Attorneys and court systems tout this website/app as being great for coparenting but as a user for three years, I would strongly suggest you find an alternative means of communication.

The app is not free on your phone, but the website(with serve limitation/ software bugs is), this was poorly explained to me during the mediation process, and had I know the limitations of the app, I would not accept that for my coparenting agreement.

The software/ application is poorly supported, buggy, rarely updated and inconsistent with how messages are sent, received, etc. You can send messages that do not get received by your other partner for several hours. Same goes for dates.

As this app is relatively new, and most coparenting agreements will span the adolescence of children. I highly doubt this app will exist for 18+ years without being purchased or absorbed by another company, leaving you at the mercy of whatever the developer chooses to do after they have extracted as much cash as possible from unsuspecting abs confused parents.

If the app works for your specific situation, great but for most situations is a cash grab from insiders of the divorce legal world, that don't have anything substantial to offer.

As like many reviews that I have read this app is complete nonsense and truly does give narcissistic, sadistic, unwilling to actually co parent, parents feel as though if they send tons of irrelevant messages that the other parent will look bad. I do not open many messages from my sons dad because the title alone gives me anxiety. The courts don't care how badly you've been abused. All the courts want is for the situation to be out of their hands and to place a band aid on the case.

This app allows power hungry parents to continue to feed their sick brains. Sad. I would not recommend!

This is the worst and most toxic app I've ever heard of. I has nothing to do with coparenting, and for some it gives them a false sence of empowerment. Like it's some sort of shield. And the lies that fly, it's just all together horrible. Oh and they want you to pay for it... No sir.

My ex decided that he wants to pay me through the accountable payments. My primary bank account couldn't be verified (despite being open for over 3 years) so I opened an account at a credit union. That account couldn't be verified either so I went and opened a third bank account which thankfully was verified. My ex sent me a payment on Sunday, 5/2. The email from Talking Parents said that it could take up to 2 business days to show up in my bank account. Today is Thursday, 5/6 and the payment has yet to be sent to my account. The status on Talking Parents is still "pending". I've reached out to customer service and they haven't responded. I have tried to get help from Dwolla and my bank and this issue lies with Talking Parents. I'm so beyond frustrated and will be looking for a different website for communication between us as well as a different way for my ex to pay me.

This site, while having good intentions, is not meant for all types of people. This site has done nothing but give me more anxiety than ever. Sure it's good for the courts to see and have proof of communications. However, it does not take into account of how it lets my ex harass and be a total bully to me and word things to always make me look bad, no matter what the circumstance. According to the judge, we have to respond to each other within a 24 hour time frame. So he'll just start posting random things that are ridiculous at a time he knows that I am busy and I have the kids. All of a sudden I will have 6 or 7 different messages. He'll be so busy posting things on talkingparents, taking things out of context. Or he'll go back to a subject that's previously been talked to death about. He forgets his own kids' birthday.
When it comes to a kid getting sick or hurt, he would rather know who to blame, other than asking about how the kid is actually doing.
The site seems to track times for communication of someone checking their mailbox, no one can alter anything. However, in order to not get into trouble because of the way the ex likes to manipulate everyone and everything, I have to be so careful how I word things. Nothing is ever simple.
Sadly, I have to keep my lawyer on retainer just to help me with the communication between us. And there's nothing you can do about harassement from the other party.

I'm the dummy that requested an app to use for coparenting with a mentally, emotionally, verbally abusive ex and am now paying the price. It's given liberal access to my ex and his girlfriend to constantly message and bash in an attempt to paint a horrible picture of our situation. As soon as our agreed upon year is up, I am not using it any longer. If anything attempts at coparenting have been made worse. There should be some sort of monitoring for harassment. I feel anxious every time there is a new message.

I ordered the premium plan for the cost of $20 try to download various things that download it 7 to 8 times each. Spent well over $200 trying on transcription and copies of records and the transcriptions are so poorly crafted they have the wrong name half the time for who is saying what and every sentence has 2 to 3 errors making it almost Unintelligible. At that price I should be able to have a human transcription other than a or what appears to be a very poorly auto texted transcription. Unfortunately will be unusable in court as it appears to be just a bunch of garbled and missed typed words very disappointed would never recommend

I'll start off with the negative: Big problem for me is that I don't get notifications through my app when a new message is posted. This has huge consequences and should never happen!
Now on to the positive. I like this app, it has saved me from a daily load of horrible text messages by my X. He is now holding back in his ugliness, and when he does send me nasty messages, it is recorded and unalterable. The complete communication is one click printable and useable in court, as opposed to printing out separate emails and text messages. So it costs some money, I think the convenience offered and time saved is definitely worth a few bucks a month.
I would add wording in a court document that states communication should be about children's logistics only, this way there really is no room for anything else, making it (almost) impossible for narcissist to spew their gall. All in all this is a great tool to keep nasty X-es at bay yet still be able to communicate about your children.

The app itself is good, functionally but the concept of the app is terrible. The other parent just uses the app as if its being monitored 24/7 and says whatever they can to make themselves sound better. Basically giving a fake image of themselves to Talking Parents and make out like they are something they aren't. I cant stand using it but I have to through court order. We have been communicating on here for about 2 years and if anything I think it has made our relationship as co-parents WORST. His wife and mother log into the app while hes at work and send me messages and I know this because he cant have a phone at his job and I can just call and see when hes there so its all around just a bad idea unless you and your ex have a good relationship.

So Florida owns a site that governs communication between family in California? Also why does an internet site require that I print out a PDF then have it notarized then mail it in to TalkingParents.com when I simply lost my password - which in turn takes a longer time to speak with the woman who is alienating me from my child on a retroactive case? Furthermore, what search engine are the lawyers indexed from? Do they work for the site? Do you promote them? Last question would be - why not simply use a www.protonmail.com account instead of talking parents? Its free and if two people are emailing each other and one parent has deleted messages (you look at printouts of the two parents)=(timestamps) you know they were trying to trick whomever is reading the printout of call logs and could stop them from talking about they're child more so than you could have before (also cellphone companies can and will print out all your texts between you and another party. Thanks reading & I'd like a response.

19 months and I have not had to hear his voice or see his name / number on my phone. I am so grateful for this app.

All texts are printable with a small fee. I email them directly to the attorney.

Every critical or other harassing text is documented. Every disregard or sarcasm for the children's needs
- documented. This is useful for the custody case when we get on calendar.

Additionally, this app has helped me put space between myself and a mean backhanded person.

Thank you Talking Parents for helping me restore peace to my world.

Ok- I'm amused by the negative reviews. People, the majority of your "issues" of gaslighting, communication etc are due to YOU and your EX. It doesn't matter if it's text, email, phone or an app. Stop complaining and blaming the app! If it is that bad, use a third party to communicate between the two of you (ie parallel parenting). There are some issues with application- for example, the calls- it's extremely expensive. It should be a lower cost. It's pretty costly but you can use the free website from your phone. It's easy! No app can magically make your co parent respond and work with you... there is no such thing as magic. Don't indulge in a narcissistic parents behavior. Don't allow it. Tell them to stop and refuse to communicate until they calm down (keep things brief). This website does its job. It keeps records accurately and that's the point. It's not the websites job to figure out how to coparent for you. We've had this since 2016.

This is not an intuitive application. My X and I stopped using it because it didn't make sense and wasn't helpful. Please make sure you cancel before they charge your card again for the annual fee. I stopped using it and forgot that there is an annual charge. The day they charged my card I asked them to cancel. They refused to stop the charge and locked me into another year (that I wont use). And at a higher cost than I initially agreed to. Disappointing experience and they will never see another dime from me.

Forced by courts normally in an ongoing attempt to imply one parent is an issue. Some instances, that is the case. Luckily in my situation the divorce Judge recognized my wife's facade and I ended up with full custody of one and 50/50 of another. All our verbal communication has been pleasant. My wife though, she gaslights, stonewalls and gray stones my posts. Ignoring for days or just not answering. All keywords she now uses that she learned from "support groups". I'm the husband that fought to save the marriage. I just did it the wrong way. This app further promotes the dissolution of marriages that could easily be reconciled. It further segregates families and compounds a lack of communication between relationships. This may not be applicable to everyone's situation but is so in my case. All it's done is further distant my children from their mother and assisted in causing resentment towards my ex from my teens standpoint. In short, it's all backfiring on her. Some would take delight in this, however I don't. I prefer open and free communication. Free Speech according to our rights, with the hopes of one day my ex pulls her head out of her $#*!. Any Judge in our country that makes individuals communicate through this means without just cause should also pull their head out of their $#*!. I've gotten to where I just won't use the site now unless absolutely necessary. If you're being forced in to utilizing this nightmare, keep it to yes and no replies or one or two sentences. Bare minimum. It's a sad day society has come to this. Or do like I do, have an ex girlfriend post for you. At least that way in court you can attest it wasn't you that sent the message and you can freely state who did. Just be sure if you need something to be posted be very clear and short... "I need to tell them I need this". Sont log in, don't read the replies. That way you can attest you've never been on the site. Having someone else post on your behalf can be verified by IP that instant you as evidence. Just be sure the person posting for you is trustworthy. If you do log in, use a VPN.