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chrisyouwho
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Unconventional parenting agreement ....thoughts?

01/10/12 09:51 AM

I'd like to hear thoughts from others regarding an idea I'd like to propose to my wife. I have not filed yet due to financial reasons. My wife is an RN and works 3 to 4 days a week (not always the same day) on the PM shift (2:30 - 11:30). We have 3 kids, ages 16, 14 and 11. Because kids bare the brunt of the divorce, I'd like to minimize the impact on them.

There are many things to take into consideration when separating/divorcing. With kids it adds another complicated layer to manage. Additionally, pets have to be considered as well as they are part of the family. I think that the pets should stay with the kids, as the pets are part of the family and splitting them from the kids will add to the shock for the kids.

So here's what I'd like to propose: The kids would live full-time with their mother. I would get custody every other Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I would move in with my parents in the short-term until the divorce is final and finances are straight. Now here's the unconventional part - instead of having the kids (and pets) move back and forth, I'd like to propose that my wife and I move in-and-out of the home that the kids are living. So when it's my time to have the kids, I'd move back into the home of my wife and she would stay at her parents (they live close and have the room)while I'm with the kids. On days when she's working, I can come and stay with the kids for the day (say from 3 - 9 or 10) to help with homework and whatever else is needed (I have the ability to work from home which would make it easy).

I realize that while this may work in the short term, long-term our lives may very well change we would have to adapt accordingly.

Thoughts?
Anything I may have overlooked?

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Unconventional parenting agreement ....thoughts?	chrisyouwho	01/10/12 09:51 AM
Re: Unconventional parenting agreement ....thoughts?	DedicatedDad	01/10/12 09:17 PM
Re: Unconventional parenting agreement ....thoughts?	Renny	01/10/12 08:01 PM
Re: Unconventional parenting agreement ....thoughts?	Pops_IL_CP_Dad	01/10/12 07:05 PM

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