shared parenting
Both parents involved
Shared parenting is an arrangement in which separated or divorced parents divide responsibility for raising their children, typically involving substantial time with each parent rather than one having primary custody.
The term often appears in legal and policy discussions advocating for more equal custody arrangements: The court ordered a shared parenting plan with alternating weeks.
- joint custodyDivided parental legal responsibility
- visitation rightsNoncustodial parent's scheduled contact
- overnight staysSleeping somewhere temporarily
- parental rightsLegal power over children
- custody battleLegal contest for parenting rights
two homes · attachment theory · parental bonding · quality time · fatherhood · blended family · mediation · custody agreement · family court · child development · legal guardianship · family dynamics · child support · family law · best interests · transitions · divorce settlements · divorce
- family lawchild custody, child support, alimony, family court, divorce petitions
- custodychild custody, joint custody, custody agreement, custody schedule, custody evaluation
- custody lawchild custody, custody order, custody laws, joint custody, sole custody
- family breakdowndivorce decree, custody battle, custody battles, child support, joint custody
- family structuresnuclear family, extended family, blended family, stepfamily, single parent
- stepfamiliesstepfamily, stepparent, stepmother, stepfather, stepmom
shared parentingabsent parent
Caretaker not in child's life
single parenting · deadbeat dad · estranged parent · orphanhood · parental neglect