Pinned First school holiday after separation — how are you handling it?

School holidays are one of the first things that get hard after a separation. What's working for you in the co-parenting logistics — and what caught you off guard? Sharing what didn't work is just as useful as sharing what did.

Spring break almost broke me. I wrote up an hour-by-hour schedule the day before — that helped more than I expected, even though we barely followed it.

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We agreed on a hand-off lunch on the day-switch. Awkward but it made the kids feel they hadn't lost the family meal entirely.