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WHAT IS SHARED PARENTING?

Shared parenting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Shared parenting refers to a family arrangement in child custody
or divorce settlements, in which the care of the children is equal, or more than substantially shared,
between the biological parents. Such arrangements encourage children to know both parents are involved
and share responsibility in their upbringing. This is generally considered to be a desirable plan in order to
parent children separately. It is, however, still uncommon in situations where Family law practitioners have
become involved, which is due to the adversarial nature of the courts. More rarely, shared parenting refers
to a similar situation after the separation of adoptive or other non biological parents.
SHARED PARENTING WORKS:

"Bauserman found that children in joint custody arrangements had fewer behavioral and emotional
problems, higher self-esteem and better family relationships and school performance compared to those in
sole-custody situations."

"Our findings were unequivocal: more frequent and more regular contact, (which included communication
by telephone), was associated with closer, more intense relationships with non-resident fathers and fewer
adjustment problems in children."

Children from divorced families are better adjusted when they live with both parents at different homes or
spend significant time with both parents compared with children who interact with only one parent. Journal
of Family Psychiatry, (Vol 16).
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