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For those with children, addressing custody and parenting time issues can be the hardest part of a divorce. Many parents find the idea of having limited time with their children very difficult to accept. When children are young, parents worry about missing out on milestones, like the first time they ride a two-wheel bike. With older children, the fear is often that the household dynamic may shift, leading to the children feeling distant from one of their parents.
Simply trying to negotiate a reasonable way to share day-to-day parenting time can be very difficult. When it comes to special days, like birthdays, holidays and school vacations, concerns can become that much more heated. How can parents reasonably plan on dividing parenting time on days when they would clearly both prefer to be with their children?
There are many viable options for addressing special days
Sometimes, parents come from different religions or cultures. They might therefore a very different priorities about which special days they would prefer to spend with their children. When parents do not desire the same holiday access, it can be very simple for the adults in the family to divvy up those special days as part of a custody arrangement.
When both parents want to spend Christmas or the Fourth of July with the children, then things become a bit more complicated. There are several different ways to reasonably and fairly address special events.
