How to help your child adjust to shared custody

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

1. 1
   Keeping a clear and consistent schedule between both households
2. 2
   Maintaining cordial relationships and celebrating events together as a united front
3. 3
   Ensuring children have their own designated spaces, clothing basics, and personal items at both homes to minimize packing stress
4. 4
   Going through the courts to establish formal legal visitation and custody orders
5. 5
   Consulting with support networks and sober living resources

In their words

Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.