Managing parenting time schedules during a pandemic is an issue
that has come to the fore, and parents are quite rightly asking
what they should be doing to maximize safety while each still
getting the appropriate amount of time with their children.
The BC Health Minister Bonnie Henry was recently asked how COVID
19 would affect parenting, and she acknowledged that it would be
tough. While there are no easy answers, parents would do well to
consider the comments of Madam Justice Fitzpatrick when she
referred to the 4 c's: communication, cooperation,
compromise, and common sense. To those 4
can be added another – consultation.
This is good advice for dealing with parenting at any time but
is especially apt during this crisis. COVID-19 should not be used
as an excuse for one parent to unilaterally make decisions without
consultation or cooperation from the other. Parenting time
arrangements should proceed uninterrupted as much as possible with
both parents making
