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[quote=Anonymous]My parents had 50/50 custody but did a two week switch.  That gave me time to feel settled in each place.  In retrospect, that must have been really hard on them, being by themselves for 2 weeks at a time.  But, it was a decent arrangement for me.  They only lived about 10 minutes apart, I had the same school, of course, same friends, similar routine, and two sets of everything.  It was a hassle sometimes because I'd leave one shoe at one house and its mate at the other house, for example.  When I turned 16, the arrangement continued and I kinda started to feel like I was living out of my car.  When I moved out on my own, it was a relief to live in the same place with all my stuff together.

When I head back to my hometown now with my family, we still do 50% at one parent's house and 50% at the other's, even though they still live in the same small town.  Old habits die hard.

I think a one week switch would work fine but, for me, less than a week would have been more difficult.  It is disruptive, no matter how you cut it.  Kids, however, are flexible and can learn to roll with it.[/quote]

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