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We've just finished talking about parenting schedules, which concern the distribution of the children's time between their parents. Now let's talk about the other big part of children's parenting arrangements, parental responsibilities.
Whether we're talking about ''"parental responsibilities'', " the term used by the ''Family Law Act'', or ''"decision-making responsibilities'', " the term used by the ''Divorce Act'', we're talking about how parents make important decisions about their children. Just like parenting schedules, there are a lot of different ways that parental responsibilities can be shared by parents:
*both parents could share all parental responsibilities, which will require them to talk to each other when bigger decisions about the kids need to be made,