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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I totally bought into the idea because it seemed so much less disruptive for the kids to stay in one place, but in my experience, the place it all falls apart is with the little things that keep a house running. Who buys the milk or the toilet paper? Who cleans the bathroom? Who does the dishes or empties the dishwasher? Eventually it all adds up and often the kids are hearing about it--"Does your father EVER notice when we are out of eggs?!" For us, we were as bad trying to tag each other out in the same house as we were trying to live in it together.

What worked for us in the long term was creating spaces in both homes that worked for our kids so that they didn't have to drag everything from one place to another AND being a team in dealing with left-behind backpacks and math folders. We agreed that our job was to support that back-and-forth for our kids as best we could and that was much easier to do well than sharing a single space. [/quote]

OP here- thanks, this is a very helpful reality check! Would love to hear from others…[/quote]

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