Text Message Editing

ProperComm®, text message editing, is specifically designed to be a “procedure for communicating” by a parent or for parents who are in high conflict or have difficulty communicating in an appropriate manner. ProperComm® was developed to promote constructive communication between such individuals by having an “editor” review and revise, if necessary, email or text communications between such parents. ProperComm® does not edit punctuation, grammar, or formatting, it edits email or text communications to delete words and phrases expressed in hostile ways and that are not necessary for conveying appropriate points in the email.

By intercepting and editing hostile, aggressive and inappropriate emails or text messages before they are received by the other parent, ProperComm® seeks to reduce the number of litigants seeking court hearings to stop harassing emails and/or text messages. ProperComm® may also assist Parenting Coordinators who want to modify and/or control the type of communication their PC clients engage in, either with each other or with the Parenting Coordinator. The Parenting Coordinator will be able to focus on child related matters, rather than expending emotional energy controlling parent communications. ProperComm® will assist the Parenting Coordinator to effectively move the parents in the direction of constructive communication, to help parents accomplish child-related communication without lobbing verbal hand grenades at each other.

As Parenting Coordinators know, not all litigants have attorneys and courts are often required to resolve disputes between litigants representing themselves, i.e. pro se or pro per litigants. ProperComm® provides Parenting Coordinators an alternative to constantly resolving disputes between parents involving inappropriate communications. ProperComm® not only eliminates inappropriate communication between parents, but also provides the incentive necessary to encourage parents to cease making inflammatory comments, adding unnecessary and distracting comments/arguments in their email and/or text message exchanges, and frustrating the other parent as well as the Parenting Coordinator.