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00:00:04 so holidays are hard I get it and co-parenting with another parent is also hard during the holidays there are certain things that you can do to make sure that your holidays run smoothly after divorce or while you’re going through divorce one you really want to plan for this very early right you want to start thinking about this at summertime not in October because they say the wheels of Justice move slowly right so if you have to have a judge make a decision about this you need to be thinking about it during the
00:00:35 summertime or even sooner depending on where you live um otherwise you might not get a resolution on it Additionally you want to communicate clearly with the other parent about your expectations about what the holidays are going to look like for you most importantly if you have a parenting plan stick with the parenting plan that’s what they’re there for and a parenting plan is going to give you a defined schedule for what the holidays are going to look like sometimes they’ll split the holidays in
00:01:01 half sometimes they will rotate the holidays so for one year you’ll have Thanksgiving the next year the other parent has Thanksgiving and then finally the thing you really need to think about is sticking to what’s going to be in the children’s best interest really think about your children’s needs and what they’re going to need during the holidays over your own needs