Child Care Arrangement
PARENTING CHECKLIST
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Goals of parenting after separation |
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Decision making for education, medical treatment, religious upbringing |
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Schedule for children |
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• Weekdays/nights and weekends (Regular school year) |
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• School vacations |
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• Holidays (e.g. Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s |
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Eve, New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter, Palm Sunday, Memorial Day, July |
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4th, Labor Day, Halloween, others) |
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• Special days (e.g. children’s birthdays, parents’ birthdays, Mother’s Day, |
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Father’s Day) |
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• Jewish Holidays (e.g. Passover, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Hanukkah) |
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Special Agreements |
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• Pick up and return |
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• Child care arrangement |
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• Sick days – School in service days |
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• Payment for college |
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• Education and health information about children |
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• Consistency between homes |
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• Labels for Custody |
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• Other |
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Missed Visits |
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• Notice |
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• Reimbursement for expenses incurred |
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Evolving Parenting Arrangements |
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• Parent moving away |
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• Step-Parents – Blended family |
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• Growing older |
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• Children’s future |
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• Regular Reviews |
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Decision-Making and Parent Meetings |
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• Meet and confer |
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• Mini evaluations |
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• Required mediator |
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