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Visitations

Visitations are extremely important to your kids. Use these tips and strategies to make the most of the time you spend with your kids.

Parent and Child Visitation Tips

Establishing a regular parent and child visitation schedule is extremely important.  Use the following tips to ensure that each visit strengthens your parent-child relationship.

Virtual Visitation - Make Virtual Visitation Work

Virtual visitation is on the rise. Find out how other families are using virtual visitation to stay in touch, even when regularly schedule, in-person visitation isn't possible.

Kids' Printable Packing List

When it comes to regular overnight visits, you want to equip your kids to eventually take responsibility for packing all of their own stuff. After all, you don't want the responsibility--and anxiety--of that left-behind toy or homework assignment to rest on your shoulders. Print a copy of this packing list and use it to teach your children...

Review of The Practical Guide to Weekend Parenting

Looking for something fun to do with your kids this weekend? The Practical Guide to Weekend Parenting is a resource you'll want to take advantage of.

Guidelines for Children Flying Alone

Before you book your child's flight, you'll need to know the guidelines for children flying alone. Will they be escorted? Is there an additional fee? Learn the general guidelines you can expect any airline to follow for children flying alone.

Make Your Kids' Bedrooms Comfortable and Welcoming

Create welcoming spaces in your kids bedrooms so that they ll be comfortable and feel at home for overnight visits. Includes decorating tips and...

25 Reasons to See Your Kids

Sometimes it's been a while and you're hesitant about seeing the kids again. Do they want you to visit? Here are 25 reasons to follow-through on your promise to spend time with the kids.

Making the Best of Supervised Visitations

Supervised visitations can be hard on children and parents alike. Learn to make the best of them with these ideas for having fun in any setting.

25 Free and Low-Cost Visitation Ideas for Non-Custodial Parents

Tired of doing the same old thing during your visitation times with the kids? Try some of these free and low-cost visitation ideas for non-custodial parents.

Ways to Maximize Overnight Visits With Your Kids

Planning creative overnight visits can be difficult for non-custodial parents. You want so much to have a great time together, and things don't...

What is a typical visitation schedule?

If you've just begun to work out visitation arrangements with your child's other parent, you may be wondering what a typical visitation schedule looks like. Find out how much parenting time is typically allotted to the non-custodial parent, as well as how flexible you can be when setting up a plan.

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