What 50-50 custody schedule worked best for your 7 year old?

[Anonymous]

Someone should ask family therapists on a lie detector to share their real thoughts on some of these schedules

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain why any parent or child would choose this over one week with one and one week with the other?

Unless parents live next door this sounds incredibly depleting for the kids. And burdensome logistics must only encourage repression of feelings since it becomes clear they have no agency

My child has stated that they want to see both parents frequently and do not want the week to week schedule. We do live close by, but not next door, and are pretty amicable so logistics have not been an issue in our situation.

If, in the future when our child is older they desire to try the week to week, we would be open to that. But at this time it's not desired by any of us, and our child is happy and thriving. Their therapist agrees with this assessment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone should ask family therapists on a lie detector to share their real thoughts on some of these schedules

So, you don't trust family therapists unless they're on a lie detector? That's so odd.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think family therapists are going to volunteer their thoughts on custody unless asked ahead of time. Working with children and gaining trust with families means not always telling parents everything you wish they did or didn’t do!