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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]].
A parent's parenting time can be made ''conditional'' upon the parent doing or not doing something. If a parent fails to meet any of the conditions of their parenting time with the child, the parent's parenting time may reasonably be denied.
It is up to the parent saying that the other parent's parenting time should be conditional to prove why it should be conditional and that the condition they seek to impose is in the best interests of the child.
Parenting time may be restricted where there is a concern that the child may be harmed by spending time with a parent. In extreme cases, the court may require that a parent's parenting time be ''supervised'' by a third party. A supervisor may be the other parent, a grandparent, another relative, a person who specializes in supervising parenting time, or someone else altogether. There are even companies that provide supervised parenting time services, although these companies charge for their service and are generally only found in larger urban centres.