Problem: How can I make notes with bullet points in this paragraph? The Coparenting System When two parents are raising a child, each parent interacts with the children and, their actions are related; this creates another subsystem within the family-the coparenting system. Researchers studying this system have identified three different coparenting patterns (Kotila & Schoppe-Sullivan, 2015; McHale, 2010). In some families, coparenting is cooperative, cohesive, and child centered; these families are likely to have a high degree of family harmony. As one couple put it: "We're a team and work really hard to support each other's parenting. It works pretty well for us and the kids too."In other families, coparenting is hostile; these parents actively compete against each other for their children's attention and loyalty. In the third type of coparenting, spouses invest different amounts of time and energy in parenting, leading to an imbalance in their involvement with the child. This discrepancy can result from one parent's relative disinterest in parenting or from "gatekeeping," which is when one parent limits or controls the other parent's level of participation. For example, if a mother assumes that women are more fit for parenting than men, she might set up subtle barriers that limit the father's involvement. Need Assignment Help?