i must say that i don't feel a 2255 method would be good for children, although children differ.
during our divorce a judge ordered every other day rotating schedule, which was miserable.
currently we two weeks on two weeks off with an intermittet weekend, which works out to be 4-3-7-4-3-7. i thought this would be great, because the children wouldn't have to be away from either parent for two full weeks at a time.
now, i feel differently. this 437437 schedule is difficult to keep up with for all parents involved (at times we mix it up), much less the children. now that they are a little older, they have expressed that they don't like the shuffling around and that it is confusing.
i bought them each a calendar so that they would be able to monitor the schedule when needed and they would know which home they would be at that weekend or week.
i asked my x if we could make it two full weeks rotating, but he refused saying he did not want to be without the kids for two full weeks.
i feel it should be about the children and making them more comfortable.
if anything... try to see if the 437437 would work for your work schedule. if not, i don't want to say that you should change your job, but the children really need a more stable routine. and the larger the blocks of time, i feel, make the rotation/shuffling more bearable. the divorce alone will be difficult enough for them.
just a thought for you to ponder.......... from my experience and the mouths of my children.
during our divorce a judge ordered every other day rotating schedule, which was miserable.
currently we two weeks on two weeks off with an intermittet weekend, which works out to be 4-3-7-4-3-7. i thought this would be great, because the children wouldn't have to be away from either parent for two full weeks at a time.
now, i feel differently. this 437437 schedule is difficult to keep up with for all parents involved (at times we mix it up), much less the children. now that they are a little older, they have expressed that they don't like the shuffling around and that it is confusing.
i bought them each a calendar so that they would be able to monitor the schedule when needed and they would know which home they would be at that weekend or week.
i asked my x if we could make it two full weeks rotating, but he refused saying he did not want to be without the kids for two full weeks.
i feel it should be about the children and making them more comfortable.
if anything... try to see if the 437437 would work for your work schedule. if not, i don't want to say that you should change your job, but the children really need a more stable routine. and the larger the blocks of time, i feel, make the rotation/shuffling more bearable. the divorce alone will be difficult enough for them.
just a thought for you to ponder.......... from my experience and the mouths of my children.