Recently we returned home from a trip on a Sunday evening. Just as I was thinking, "Oh, I am so glad to be home with all my stuff in one place. I can't wait to just be at home all day tomorrow." I looked out the window and saw the man who lives behind us getting onto his son about not moving fast enough as the child was carrying his suitcase out to the car. From what I have seen, the parents seem to have some type of joint custody agreement, but I can't figure out the exact pattern of when the child visits. To add to all of this, the father is a doctor who doesn't seem to be home very often so many times the child ends up having to visit with his step mom the whole time rather than his real dad. The whole situation makes me so sad. Why should the child have to disrupt his life every few days just so the parents can feel better? I have heard of one divorce situation where the parents bought a house that the children live in permanently and the parents take turns moving in and out each week so that the children have stability. Of course the knee jerk reaction is, "How inconvient for the adults to have to pack up each week!" But why is it more convient for the child, who needs stability, to have to pack up each week and get used to different patterns and systems every few days? To me, this sounds like the best situation I have heard of yet.