There really is no standard pattern of parenting time, although a trend toward shared parenting time has developed in case law over the past several years. All of these factors, including the best-interests factors, usually get taken into <span class="noglossary">account</span> when a parenting time schedule is designed, and, in general, a parenting time schedule can be as creative as the flexibility of the parents and common sense allow. This chapter has a chart of different parenting schedules that accommodate some of these concerns in the section [[Parenting after Separation]].