Parenting Time Guidelines for Morguson County
Morguson County Parenting Time Guidelines 3.0
Absent exceptional circumstances, one of the highest responsibilities of co-parents (parents living apart) is supporting their children’s good relationship with and good opinion of both parents. A cooperatively used Parenting Time Plan giving regular, frequent, and meaningful time with both parents is a key part of that responsibility and, additionally, gives children tangible proof they can be proud of their family.
No Guidelines could ever include enough details to account for the countless arrangements co-parents must make, and each added detail can simply provide more things to dispute. Thus, these Guidelines are intentionally general. They revolve around these seven features of a good Parenting Time Plan.
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A good Parenting Time Plan is constructively and courteously arrived at by the co-parents to meet the unique needs of the children and families involved. The constructive and courteous way the Plan is arrived at is almost always as important as the particular arrangements. Hear 3 Sisters.
A good Parenting Time Plan can be created by parents alone or with help from (a) online and in-person workshops, (b) counselors, therapists, mediators, or problem-solving attorneys, and (c) many excellent books and videos on good co-parenting.
A good Parenting Time Plan, the way it is arrived at, and the mature way it is observed and adjusted for special circumstances are all assurances to children that their parents are acting as a mature team for them, not people who need to fight or litigate over parenting decisions.
A good Parenting Time Plan gives children frequent, meaningful, and continuing time with each parent. Depending on the family’s circumstances, parents can decide this means anything from (a) equal parenting time to (b) parenting time that is less than half but at least (i) every other weekend and 4 additional hours each week in the case of nearby parents or (ii) some version of this minimum for distant parents. Parents should cooperatively split holidays, vacations, birthdays, and other occasions to make them as excellent as possible. Parents should use a child focus, their creative cooperation, and even evolving technology and professional help to succeed.
Subject to the importance of regular, frequent, and meaningful parent-child time, a good Parenting Time Plan is also mindful of each child’s other unique needs, such as important relationships with extended family and special school, club, and social activities.
A good Parenting Time Plan helps keep extraneous issues out of play, including child support, parents’ criticisms of each other, and exaggerated problems.
A good Parenting Time Plan is often an important and ongoing reminder to co-parents (a) that many of their best interests (such as reducing their children’s losses and giving them the best childhood possible) are mutual and (b) that almost always in raising children between two separate homes, parents either win together or lose together.
Parents are expected to look on all topics and eventualities in their co-parenting, not as problems but as opportunities for an even better focus on their children’s best interests, including to see their parents acting as a courteous team. Almost always, both special occasions (such as holidays, trips, and new activities) and also challenges (such as scheduling conflicts, a child’s illness or reluctance to see a parent, and travel and weather issues) call for mature and courteous cooperation, not conflict or litigation.
Parents are expected to maturely resolve their parenting challenges, either directly together or with professional assistance, all as a vital part of supporting their children’s happiness and future success.