From a press release from Leeds University, England, Shared residency not a 'magic solution'
Children who split their time equally between their parents’ houses after divorce or separation may find this arrangement increasingly difficult as they get older, according to new research from the University of Leeds.
These findings from the ESRC Enduring Families project come as Fathers 4 Justice – the group calling for mandatory shared residency – descend upon Trafalgar Square to kick-off their ‘uprising’ campaign, and just as the Australian Government consider implementing automatic 50/50 residence on divorce.
In their forthcoming article, the research team reveal that shared residence caused unhappiness for some children. Difficulties emerge if arrangements are too rigid and if parents are inattentive to the problems their children face in living their lives across two homes. Some children reported feeling trapped. Others felt unsettled in one of their homes. Some of the teenagers interviewed said they were looking forward to leaving home so they could stop packing their bags every week...
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