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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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
Heather: LOL when we were in HS. We were not allowed in the kitchen if my stepmom was cooking. She’d say we...
Keith Wilcox: You must be doing something right. I never had a moment like that with my parents. I suspect it must...
T: My girls LOVE to help cook dinner. They get such a sense of satisfaction when we’re eating something that...
Mindy@SingleMomSays: My kids have always been pretty self-sufficient in the kithcen and during the week they make...
Kat Wilder: I think you’re experiencing the way it’s supposed to be — they’re maturing, a little...
Andrea: I’m cursing mine when they are underfoot (at 3 and 8 they tend to get in the way a bit more than teens...
BigLittleWolf: It’s wonderful when kids help without being asked. When you realize they’ve absorbed...
cece: It seems like the kids feel the caring and love and just want to be near you! How wonderful! Enjoy! Cece .-=...
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