Parenting Schedules for Two Homes: Alternating Weeks and Other Options
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Practical examples of 7+7, 2-2-3 and other parenting schedules, with questions to help you find a routine that works for your child.
Housing and living arrangements after a separation
Explore articles that focus on creating security and continuity for children when parents live in two homes. Here, you’ll find advice on how to plan living schedules and create a living arrangement that works well for the kids.
Living Arrangements: Alternating Weeks or Something Else?
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How should your child live after a separation — alternating weeks, another split, or one main home? Here's what matters most when you decide.
Living Arrangements: How Much Should the Child Decide?
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Children have the right to know what's happening in their lives and to say what they think about decisions that affect them. But it's the parents' job to make wise decisions that fit the child — with the child's wishes carrying more weight as they grow.
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.
Two Homes: What Research Can and Cannot Tell Parents
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Research often finds that children sharing time between homes do as well as, or better than, children living mainly in one home. But that does not prove that a particular timetable causes better well-being. Here is what published studies can tell parents—and what they cannot.
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