Is 50/50 contact feasible?

[CaptainRodgers]

My DS1(3) currently splits his time equally between me and ex. At the moment he is happy with this arrangement, as are me and ex. During a conversation with a friend today, she basically said that this won't work when he is older and at school etc as will become too much hard work and too confusing for him.

What do I do then? What do other people do? I don't really want to cut ex's time (and he would not be happy with this), but I don't want to see DS any less either!

We've been doing every other week for the last 6 months. Swap over on a Thursday. It's been working ok and the DC's like the set up.

I don't think it works well for the children, it's an arrangement that suits the parents. I have seen and experienced the negative effects more than once.

What are the negative effects you've seen, Brian? (Genuine question)