Splitting the Baby
Why 50/50 Timesharing is Not Always the Answer. “Timesharing” sounds like such a lovely idea. So very civilized. We will all do the very thing we teach our child to do almost from out of the womb. Share. Share something you love. Easy enough, right? We pull the toy out of the very hands of the child who will not share. Those who don’t share are deemed naughty. Children are even evaluated in school for their ability to share. It is a fundamental human social skill. We are all on the sharing bandwagon-until you get a divorce and the very thing you have to share is your child. Then all this sharing crap goes right out the window and people are back on the playground, only this time they are paying roughly a collective $1,000 per hour to get their share of what belongs to them. After all, anything less than half just wouldn’t be fair to them. Children, however, don’t divide as easily as the furniture and some...