"Visitation" and "parenting time" are the same thing, right?

No. Oregon uses a more child-friendly terminology. Parenting time refers to the blocks of time that either parent spends with the child. This distinction is very important to me and to my clients, because I emphasize that neither of the parents is a visitor. Instead, both are parents with equal obligations (and often equal rights) as parents.

Visitation is, as the name suggests, a "visit" with someone such as a grandparent or other relative, friend, or acquaintance. It is critical to use the proper wording because calling the parenting time a "visit" marginalizes the children's attachment to that parent and it gives the parents some license to push themselves away from each other.

TIP: Catch yourself when you refer to the time your children spend with you or your ex as a "visit." Your children visit with the dentist or a math tutor, not with their other parent.