My ex-wife has a huge family living in our area – parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews. Yet, in ten years of divorce, aside from one aunt and uncle who live nearby, I’ve never run into any of my ex-wife’s extended family unless the meeting was pre-arranged.
So it was weird as heck to be [...]
As a divorced dad, my kids are with me half of each week, plus every-other weekend.
This past weekend I had custody of them.
And I barely saw them.
Where did my teen kids go?
Head over to the Hot Dads Blog and enjoy some alone time as one parent asks:
Where Are My Teen Kids?
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My teen son asked me the other day if he could workout at the YMCA with his friend. They’re both eighth graders and they wanted to start lifting weights. His friend had a guest pass to loan.
“Sure,” I said. After all, I had started lifting weights in seventh grade. My son’s school doesn’t have a [...]
Oh, my. This has been a rough week in my single parent home.
My eighteen-year-old daughter has been writing college application essays like crazy. She also has finals this week. She also had multiple varsity soccer games to play. My thirteen-year-old son had quizzes and tests. And a band concert.
They’re only with me halftime, but it [...]
When Parents Flip Out – you know that moment when your kids drive you to the absolute brink, and you go ballistic shouting at them to correct whatever is wrong? Clean up your mess! Put your shoes away! Get your homework done! Quit fighting! etc.
Not every parent flips out like that. I happen to be [...]
It’s the holiday season, and holiday greeting cards are arriving in my mailbox.
Besides the Christmas and New Years cards, I get a good number of photo greeting cards and cards with year-end recaps.
It’s my one time of year to learn all the exotic places friends traveled, impressive talents learned by their kids, etc.
I used to [...]
My 17-year-old daughter is an angel! So are her friends!! They are super nice kids!
Or so we’ve always thought.
Now her brother and I are wondering if she’s a little devil, and we’ve been sheltering one of the mean kids all these years.
My son was recently cleaning out his closet (not voluntarily; I made him do [...]
David Mott is a divorced single father of a teen daughter and son offering stories, tips and opinions on single parenting, coparenting children, two-home families, cooking, cocktails, self awareness - and relationships formed in an age of online dating, text messaging, and booty calls.
David Mott has appeared on ABC News Now video, CNN.com, CBS radio Los Angeles, Toronto Globe & Mail, McClatchy News syndication
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