Parenting in Shifts - Does it Work?

Everyone has different parenting styles. What worksnight. But the problem is that life is just not that
for one couple doesn't necessarily work for the next.predictable. Perhaps it would be better if it were but it's
Taking responsibility for the duties of caring for anot.
newborn infant should be one in which both parents doI am by no means a parenting expert but I am a
their fair share. The way in which those duties areparent of four children and I found it easiest to be
handled is unique to the particular family.versatile when it came to parenting. Tasks were not
One young couple that I know has decided to handledelegated to my husband or myself nor were shifts.
their parenting tasks by taking shifts. Although it isWe had to be adaptable to varying circumstances and
certainly up to them to find solutions that work best forsituations in our lives. If my husband was working at
their family, parenting in shifts just isn't practical. Forthe time, I handled the brunt of the parental
example, she takes the day shift whiles he takes theresponsibilities.