Halloween is one of the most exciting times of the year for kids — but for co-parents, it can bring questions about schedules, costumes, and coordination. At Poppy Legal Group, a family law firm serving Manchester-by-the-Sea and families across Boston’s North Shore, we know that holidays can sometimes be tricky after separation or divorce.

The back-to-school aisles are filling up, and somewhere between sunscreen and sharpened pencils, it hits us—summer doesn’t last forever.

August is a quiet kind of busy. The sun’s still shining, school routines haven’t fully kicked in yet, and there’s just enough space to pause and take a breath before the fall rush.