Shared custody during schoolyear?

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Registered: 10-02-2007
Shared custody during schoolyear?
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Tue, 10-02-2007 - 2:24am
Parents - what is your experience with a child just starting school but still going between mom & dad on the week on/week off arrangement? As much as I want to ensure my son still maintains as much contact with his dad as possible, I'm worried that this arrangement is unrealistic and will affect my son's ability to focus in school and start off on the right foot. His dad is extremely resistant to the idea that our son be with me (only) during the week and only see him on he weekends. Can it work? Trying to keep what is in the best interest of our son in mind. Opinions?
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Registered: 03-19-2003
Tue, 10-02-2007 - 11:26am

If you've already established the mom/dad schedule.... CHANGING that might rock his boat worse than sticking with the week/week schedule.


My thing is... you can make ANYTHING work if you are both working together.


Karen ~ wildlucky4me ~

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Registered: 09-28-2007
Tue, 10-02-2007 - 3:23pm

When my x and I split up I had one child half way through 1st grade and another

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Tue, 10-02-2007 - 3:31pm
Ahh.... thanks for the "it's working for us" testimony :-)

Karen ~ wildlucky4me

Karen ~ wildlucky4me ~

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Tue, 10-02-2007 - 10:04pm
Thanks everyone for the feedback. I wasn't getting very encourging advice from those around me so hearing otherwise was extremely helpful. Thanks again.
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Registered: 03-29-2003
Wed, 10-03-2007 - 7:13pm
I am doing the same thing and was worried about the same issues you're worried about. I have been doing the one week rotation since January and my son was in KG at the time. He seems to be doing OK. Like you I worry about this type
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Fri, 10-05-2007 - 9:39am

My younger daughters are 3 yrs in a child care center and 8 years

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