Khloé Kardashian on why she’s committed to co-parenting with Tristan Thompson

It’s been more than a year since Khloé Kardashian welcomed her daughter True Thompson into the world, and like a lot of new moms, Khloé didn’t just learn how to to be a mom this year, she also learned how to co-parent with someone who is no longer her partner. According to the Pew Research Center, co-parenting and the likelihood that a child will spend part of their childhood living with just one parent is on the rise.

There was a ton of media attention on Khloé’s relationship with True’s father Tristan Thompson in her early days of motherhood, and in a new interview on the podcast “Divorce Sucks!,” Khloé explained that co-parenting with someone you have a complicated relationship with isn’t always easy, but when she looks at True she knows it’s worth it.

“For me, Tristan and I broke up not too long ago so it’s really raw,” Khloé tells divorce attorney Laura Wasser on the podcast. She explains that even though it does “suck” at times, she’s committed to having a good relationship with her ex because she doesn’t want True to pick up on any negative energy, even at her young age.

That’s why she invited Tristan to True’s recent first birthday bash, even though she knew True wouldn’t remember that party. “I know she’s going to want to look back at all of her childhood memories like we all do,” Khloé explained. “I know her dad is a great person, and I know how much he loves her and cares about her, so I want him to be there.”

We totally get why being around Tristan is hard for Khloé, but it sounds like she’s approaching co-parenting with a positive attitude that will benefit True in the long run. Studies have found that shared parenting is good for kids and that former couples who have “ongoing personal and emotional involvement with their former spouse” are more likely to rate their co-parenting relationship positively.

Khloé says her relationship with Tristan right now is “civilized,” and hopefully it can get even better with time. As Suzanne Hayes noted in her six guiding principles for a co-parenting relationship, there’s no magic bullet for moving past the painful feelings that come when a relationship ends and into a healthy co-parenting relationship, but treating your ex with respect and (non-romantic) love is a good place to start. Hayes describes it as “human-to-human, parent-to-parent, we-share-amazing-children-and-always-will love.”

It’s a great place to start, and it sounds like Khloé has already figured that out.

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