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 ===Common issues with orders for access, parenting time, and contact===
-Sometimes conflict about a parenting schedule happens because the schedule is vague, imprecise, and open to interpretation. At other times, circumstances change, making a parenting schedule obsolete. Perhaps a child has grown up and has her own opinions, or perhaps a parent's work schedule has changed.
+Sometimes conflict about a parenting schedule happens because the schedule is vague, imprecise, and open to interpretation. At other times, circumstances change, making a parenting schedule obsolete. Perhaps a child has grown up and has her own opinions about the best parenting schedule, or perhaps a parent's work schedule has changed.
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 A common problem occurs when a schedule says only that a person will have "liberal and generous access," or sets an access schedule that is vague. In situations like this, it is easy for the schedule to be frustrated. What is "liberal and generous" access anyway? Who decides what is "liberal" and what is "generous?" The best solution is usually to be a lot more specific about when and how the access visits should occur.
-Say an order says this:
+Say, for example, that an order says this:
 <blockquote>"Sally will have parenting time with the child from Friday to Sunday."</blockquote>