Holiday Parenting Time

School has started and the holidays are right around the corner.  Parents have many different options when it comes to establishing or modifying a holiday time-sharing schedule.  Some like to "rotate" the major holidays (i.e. Thanksgiving and Christmas) while others like to “share” holidays.  An example of this would be splitting Christmas so that each parent has time with their child(ren) on that special day.  When creating a visitation schedule or time-sharing arrangement for the holidays, parents must also consider that while the child(ren) are home from school, it doesn’t mean mother or father has the ability to take extra time off from work.  I encourage parents to outline a schedule well in advance so that everybody knows where the child(ren) will be during these times and no issues arise just days before the holidays.