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<span>An experienced family-law attorney, John Spiegel has devoted his practice exclusively to family mediation since 1996. John is a graduate of Yale Law School and has been active as a mediation trainer and presenter in Maryland and nationally. He served in 2003 and 2004 as President of the Maryland Council for Dispute Resolution (MCDR), a statewide ADR practitioners’ organization, and in 2005 – 2008 as President of the Montgomery County Divorce Roundtable, an interdisciplinary professional organization. John has published articles on mediation and law reform issues and has lobbied on behalf of these issues before the Maryland General Assembly. In 2001, he received recognition as a Certified Mediator from MCDR. The father of four children, John views mediation as a continuation of his legal work on behalf of children and families.</span>

What is the best parenting schedule for parents who live separately?

Family-law attorney John Spiegel discusses the importance of flexibility and thoughtfulness when deciding on a parenting schedule for parents who live separately.

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Host: What is the best parenting schedule for parents who live separately?

John Spiegel: That is a question that parents always are wondering about at the time of separation and afterwards and the answer is that the researches give us is that there is no one parenting plan that is going to be right for every family. It depends on the specific situation of the parents and of the children. So, when you make a parenting plan, a two household time sharing arrangement in other words, you will have to take into account the parents availability, the childrens activities and schedules, the childrens ages and their emotional needs.

Flexibility and thoughtfulness is the key in implementing it. Whatever schedule is worked out, there are going to be special times when it is appropriate to make changes and if parents can keep that line of communication open, remember that the parent who on one day ask the other parent to make a change, to make an adjustment, well the shoe could be on the other foot the very next day of the next week. So, if parents will be kind to each other and be flexible and keep the children at the center of there focus, they can do great things in there co-parenting relationship.

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