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By grade two or three, many children may be able to do a whole week with one parent, followed by a whole week with the other parent. Most parents exchange the child on Fridays after school to minimize disruption to the child's schoolwork, although exchanging on Tuesday prevents any arguments about who was responsible for ensuring that weekend homework got done.
By the time the child is in his or her their early teens, the week-on/week-off arrangement may be extended to two weeks with each parent. This will change as the teenager gets older, and his or her their preferences should be taken into <span class="noglossary">account</span>. Some parents even wind up working on a month-on/month-off arrangement with older teens; again, though, this will depend on the child and the parents.
There are some parents who achieve nearly equal parenting by the unequal sharing of holidays.