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…
How Co-parenting Can Break Down After Divorce & Maintaining Hope
As my kids grow older more of the divorce and reasons for the divorce will become clear to them. Life is long. Parenting is forever. Love will win out over anger.
What I Wish My Ex-wife Knew
I've given up imagining that my words or actions can change her in any way. We'd like to think we can make another person happy, or comfortable, or secure. Unfortunately, we cannot.
Lessons of an Old Dog: Parenting, Divorce & Codependency
For the last years of his life, my buddy will do whatever he does as an old dog. I will watch him zigzagging around the back yard and try to remain happy for him rather than sad for him. I will love on him as much as I can. And I'll be aware of how my emotional attachments and complaints are mine alone. He's a dog.
Co-parenting Revised: Sex and Drugs and Rock’n’Roll
SEX: YES with protection; DRUGS: IF YOU WANT, when you're old enough: ROCKNROLL: MUSIC is good, you decide the genre.
Celebrating Becoming the Positive Divorce Dad
You never leave the family, you just leave the house. Five years ago I started this journey, finding the positive in my divorce. My life was changed by the act…
The Transcendent Single Father
Relationships come and go. Breakups and divorces happen. Heck I've had two divorces. The real transformation comes when you have children with a partner. Almost by magic, the shift happens.…
