Nevertheless, parents who managed to master the arrangement for even a short period after their marriage degenerated say it was worth it. The Mardens’ daughter Kamaria was 14 when her parents split and was finishing high school by the time they gave up their experiment. “I think it made my experience of the separation a little easier, “Kamaria, now 20, says. “I’m very close to both my parents now.”And nesting offers insights that parents can’t get anywhere else, especially about what it’s like to shuttle between houses. So when their kids find they’ve left one shoe and half their homework at the other parent’s home, they can really empathize.