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====Birdnesting==== | ====Birdnesting==== | ||
''Birdnesting'' refers to a parenting schedule where the children live full-time in the family home and their parents move in and out. In a usual situation | ''Birdnesting'' refers to a parenting schedule where the children live full-time in the family home and their parents move in and out. In a usual situation where the children's time is shared fairly equally between their parents, the children go to live with one parent for a period of time, then go to live with the other parent for a similar period of time. When parents birdnest, the children remain in the same place and it's the parents who do the moving, normally while maintaining separate homes outside the family home. | ||
The theory underlying this concept is that it is disruptive for children to switch homes every week and that it can be too costly to make sure there's a full set of clothing, toys, books and whatnot in both houses. Birdnesting lets the kids stay in a single home, usually the family home that they've grown up in. Of course, the cost saved by avoiding duplication of the children's clothes and books is offset by the need to maintain three homes: the family home, and a home for each of the parents. | The theory underlying this concept is that it is disruptive for children to switch homes every week and that it can be too costly to make sure there's a full set of clothing, toys, books and whatnot in both houses. Birdnesting lets the kids stay in a single home, usually the family home that they've grown up in. Of course, the cost saved by avoiding duplication of the children's clothes and books is offset by the need to maintain three homes: the family home, and a home for each of the parents. | ||
Birdnesting is not a term you will find in the ''Family Law Act'' or the ''Divorce Act''. | Birdnesting is a term that has been created by lawyers and judges, like the term "primary residence." Birdnesting is not a term you will find in the ''Family Law Act'' or the ''Divorce Act''. | ||
====Parallel parenting==== | ====Parallel parenting==== | ||
