Win-Win Holiday Visitation Schedules

Are your holiday plans ironed out and finalized? For many single parents, this is the time of year when one of two frustrating things begins to happen: Either your kids' mom or dad calls and says they need to change the holiday visitation schedule, or your kids start asking to change the plans because they'd rather stay in town and spend time with their friends.

What can you do? What should you do? The main thing is to first have a plan for how you're going to spend the holidays. Then, as the need arises, you can be flexible with the schedule you've set up. After all, when it really comes down to it, most plans can be changed, and as long as wishes are communicated up front (rather than at the last minute), there's no harm in accommodating either the kids' wishes or a simple request the other parent has made.

One thing that's helpful, though, is to teach your kids to communicate their own desires themselves, especially when it come to requesting changes to plans they've already made with the other parent. For ideas on how to teach them to communicate their ideas clearly and respectfully, read the article Win-Win Holiday Visitation Schedules.

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