Housing & Practical Matters

Here you’ll find articles about various living arrangements for children and the practical challenges that can arise. Get tips on how to make daily life smoother and create a secure environment, no matter where you live.

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Population Registration and Shared Custody

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Where should a child with two homes be registered? Learn how Skatteverket decides folkbokföring in shared custody and why the address matters for school.

How to Ease Transitions Between Homes

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Practical tips for smoother transitions between two homes: packing together, warm welcome-home routines, and what to do if your child resists the move.

Everything You Need to Know About Shared Custody Schedules

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Six shared custody schedules compared: 7+7, 2-2-3, 2-2-5-5, 3-4-4-3, 6+8 and 5+9, with the pros and cons of each so you can choose for your child.

Living Arrangements: Alternating Weeks or Something Else?

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Alternating weeks, 2+2+3+3 or living mainly with one parent: how to choose your child's living arrangements after a separation, and what matters most.

How to Handle Your Child's Activities and Big Events

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Can both parents come to the school play? How to take turns at your child's activities, graduations and holidays after separation — without the tension.

Living Arrangements: How Much Should the Child Decide?

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Children have the right to be heard about where they live, but not to carry the decision. How much a child should decide, and why around age twelve matters.

Shared Parenting for Babies and Toddlers

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Can a baby live in two homes? Child psychologist Malin Bergström on overnight stays, attachment to both parents and building up time with each of you.

Children's Belongings in Two Homes

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Clothes, football boots, and toys that travel between two homes. Get a checklist of routines and packing habits so your child's things stop going missing.

The Value of Shared Routines in Two Homes

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Shared routines make life in two homes calmer for a child. Advice on bedtimes, food, screen time, gifts and holidays when you and your co-parent live apart.