2.7 Parenting Decisions Worksheet

• How will the responsibility for the care, control, and supervision of the child be shared?

• How will the day to day decisions affecting the child be made?

Week-to-week time arrangements

• Overall schedule and plan for the children’s transition between the parents’ homes

Holidays and special days

• School vacations

• Parents’ vacations with and without children

Health care decisions

• How are the child’s health care decisions shared? (Eg. medical treatment, checkups, dental etc)

Education decisions

• Consultation between parents about any change in school, special educational needs, tutoring, or extracurricular activities

Communication between parents

• What type of information should be communicated about the children and how should it be communicated?

• Communication when the child is with the other parent.

Changes in child care schedule

• What happens if a parent cannot care for a child when scheduled?

Resolving disagreements

• How will disagreements be resolved? (Be specific).

Other issues