The idea is simple: you have the child for one entire week while the coparent has this entire week off. Your coparent has the child for the following entire week while you do not see the child.

Like any plan, you will evaluate the advantages and disadvantages. For example, while there is less shifting of the child from home to home in one week, remember that a forgotten item will present tactical difficulties: if the child leaves a prescription, sporting equipment, or a musical instrument at your co-parent’s home, you will have to drive to retrieve the item for that week’s needs and activities.

In other timesharing plans that place a child in both parents’ homes within a single week, you can wait to retrieve the  item at the next pick-up or drop-off. But with a one week on/one week off rotation, you will have to be on your game to ensure that your child’s items are either already available at your home all the time or on a checklist that is reviewed with every pick-up.

This plan may best suit the business traveler parent. If your job requires you to be away from your home, this parenting plan allows you a reliable schedule to take the full week for your traveling.

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