CNN's Van Jones welcomed a baby with his longtime friend and said they will raise their daughter as 'conscious co-parents.' Here's what you should know about platonic parenting.

• Van Jones announced he and his friend Noemi welcomed a baby girl together.
• Jones said he and Noemi will "$4" their child.

Emmy Award-winning journalist Van Jones $4 over the weekend.

The 53-year-old $4 he and his friend Noemi will be "$4"

"After the COVID lockdown, I got clear that I wanted another kid. I discovered that my friend Noemi also wanted a baby," Jones said. So we decided to join forces and become conscious co-parents. It's a concept that I hope more people will explore and consider."

$4 about co-parenting his other two children, Mattai and Cabral, with his ex-wife Jana Carter with "no beef and no drama."

$4 – or raising a child with a non-romantic partner – has gotten more attention in recent years. Modamily and PollenTree, which are platforms that facilitate co-parenting, reported a 30-50% increase in traffic since the beginning of the pandemic, $4

Platonic parents have children with non-romantic partners

Like Jones, friends and acquaintances who want children aren't waiting for the perfect romantic partner to come around.

Some people who decide to platonic co-parent do so with $4 $4 to find a compatible person who wants to co-parent with them or who has similar values and beliefs on raising children.

$4 people who platonically co-parent can decide to have children in a variety of ways, including adoption and artificial-insemination interventions like IVF. However, these methods can come with $4.

$4, a lawyer and family coach, $4 that people interested in platonic parenting should protect themselves legally, develop effective communication, and discuss goals and values before entering an arrangement.