Planning for Parenting Time: Ohio's Guide for Parents Living Apart

Child Development and Suggested Parenting Schedules
Although many different
schedules may work for
teens, here are general
options that can be a
framework for developing a
schedule.
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Schedule 9: Two consecutive overnights every other
week. An additional three- to six-hour period or
overnight may be added each week. (See a sample
schedule on page 18.)
Comment: Provides a home base for the child with
time with the non-residential parent during the week
and on weekends.
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Schedule 10: Three consecutive overnights every
other week and an additional four- to six-hour period
each week. (See a sample schedule on page 18.)
Comment: This may or not occur, depending on the
teen.
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Schedule 11: Four consecutive overnights during
Week 1 and one overnight during Week 2. (See a
sample schedule on page 19.)
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Schedule 12: Split each week and weekend. (See a
sample schedule on page 20.)
Comment: This schedule lets the parents take part
about equally in the child’s school life. It also provides
a consistent routine, accommodates a child’s ability to
be apart from either parent for three or four days and
allows the child to have a “stay home” day (Saturday
or Sunday) with each parent each week. Parents who
want full weekends with or without the child may not
like this schedule, but it can be written to allow full
weekends during the summer or on holidays. Also, the
schedule can be written so that in Week 1, Parent A
has three overnights and Parent B has four, and in Week
2, Parent B has three overnights and Parent A has four.
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Schedule 13: Each parent has the same two
consecutive midweek overnights each week and
alternates the weekends. This is commonly referred to
as the 5-2-2-5 schedule. Each week, the child spends
Monday and Tuesday nights with Parent A and
Wednesday and Thursday nights with Parent B. In
Week 1, the child spends the weekend with Parent A.
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