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===Parental responsibilities===
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 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 decisions about their children. Just like parenting schedules, there are a lot of different ways that parental responsibilities can be shared by parents:
<blockquote><blockquote><tt>(c) that decisions among guardians should be made separately or together.</tt></blockquote></blockquote>
The big factor that tends to determine how parental responsibilities are managed is the level of conflict between parents. When parents get along relatively well after separation and they tend to agree about bigger decisions in the children's lives, they'll almost certainly share all parental responsibilities, likely with neither parent having the final say about decisions. When parents don't get along at all, and can't talk about anything without getting into a yelling match, that's when you're like to see one parent having sole responsibility for some or all decisions.
===Special issues in planning parenting time===