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It seems that the battleground in custody has shifted to weekday nights. Even when the mediator points out how many additional hours one has with children on a weekend day compared to a school night, it usually does not overcome the underlying perception that the “real” parent is the one that has the children overnight during the school week.

Interestingly, in my experience, fathers frequently see their children as more resilient than mothers judge them to be. Who is right? Although we know from twenty five years of divorce research that children adjust better when both parents remain actively involved, we don’t know yet what impact there will be for children in the Fifty-fifty generation, who spend alternate weeks in each household.

via Roslyn Zinner: The Fifty Fifty Generation.