Routine decisions are the ordinary day-to-day choices a parent makes during their own parenting time without consulting the other parent. What the child eats, what they wear, what activities they do on a given day, what time they go to bed are routine decisions within each parent's authority during their own time.

The boundary between routine decisions and major decisions is not always obvious. Defining the categories clearly in the parenting plan reduces the scope of what can become a dispute.

Each parent has authority over their own household during their own parenting time.