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March 19th, 2010
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My teens are no strangers to the kitchen. They set the table every night, so they know where the knives and forks and napkins are stored. They pour themselves milk at dinner, so they know where the glasses are kept. They can work the oven well enough to heat a pizza, and they’re masters of [...]
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March 15th, 2010
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27 comments
My thirteen-year-old son and I got a weekend to ourselves when my daughter and her mom took a short trip together. Father-son time like that doesn’t happen nearly enough for a divorced single dad like me, just as the mother-daughter time is precious for my ex. Usually, if I have the kids, I have them [...]
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March 10th, 2010
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19 comments
A friend of my teen daughter was recently going through a stack of old photographs when she came across a picture of me. I was in a swimming pool, holding her (the friend) so that her head was above water. We were both smiling, mugging for the camera. The girl was three at the time.
Here’s [...]
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March 9th, 2010
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As a single parent who’s been divorced and co-parenting for ten years, I get asked fairly often about children and divorce:
How did my ex wife and I tell our children we were getting divorced?
How did our kids respond to the divorce news?
How have our children coped since the divorce?
I’m a divorced parent with some experience. [...]
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March 5th, 2010
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29 comments
Over at Honey and Lance, the question was asked: how important is sex in your relationship? It generated good comments, of course.
Lance is a firm believer that great sex is very important to a relationship. If the sex sucks, he’s out of there. As for me? As a man who has been married and divorced, [...]
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February 23rd, 2010
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38 comments
A single mom named Stephanie recently left a comment on my post about divorced parents with one parent moving away.
Seems one day her 39-year-old husband admitted he was in an older man younger woman relationship, and left his wife and 18-month-old son to live in another country with his 21-year-old mistress. Sad and tragic, to [...]
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February 16th, 2010
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33 comments
I recently attended a writer’s conference where an author gave a speech meant to fire us up about our potential writing careers. You know the drill – work hard, don’t listen to the nay-sayers, be persistent, be patient, catch some breaks, be willing to go the extra mile.
The part that touched me most? When he [...]