Parenting Lesson: Always Consider Lightening Your Kid’s Load
I've been complaining to my friends about my struggles to create a relationship with my teenage son. I've been offering all kinds of activities for us to go do together, as…
Single Father Manifesto: I’ll Never Stop Pursuing You
I lost the divorce. Of course, it was a collaborative divorce, so there was no fight. But in the end, when the state and my ex-wife had their way I…
The Low-Conflict Divorce Hustle: What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You
Equal parenting is how we started this whole "kids" thing. Don't you think equal parenting is how we should finish it? My then-wife went to see an attorney during the…
Co-parenting Struggles: Withholding the Joy of Your Kids
My ex-wife and I don't talk anymore. That's how she's laid it out. With every email or text I wrote asking for a join or a meeting to discuss our…
The Divorce Whisperer
Does the divorce of someone near us cause us to consider divorce as a viable option? Did my divorce encourage my ex-y's best friend to leave her husband too? The…
Co-Parenting Problems and Healing Strategies
Your ex-partner is not an ex-parent. Co-parenting is about your kids and not your relationship with your former partner. But, often we get our emotions mixed up in the process…
Dads Group Initiative in Schools
[cross-posted from DADI - Dads Against Divorce Inequlity] This Fall (Sept-Dec 2018) I'll be heading up a divorced dads group at a local elementary school. The same school my kids…
Connecting with Teenagers One at a Time on Their Terms, Always
I do my best as a single dad. I've not had the same amount of time with my kids as my ex, nor as much time as I wanted/want/desire going…
