Imagine, like one of my readers, your kids are with you for the weekend. They want to hang out with friends, but you ask them to do their chores first. One vacuums and dusts, the other swiffers and mops, they both tidy up their rooms and make their beds. (For some reason, you the parent [...]
Communication is the key to successful co-parenting, and my ex-wife and I email each other daily about our children’s school assignments and extracurricular activities. Email diffuses disagreements and brings a business-like focus to our discussions.
Our high-school-age daughter has her own laptop, an essential tool for living in two homes. Ongoing projects are always with her. [...]
What’s a single dad to do when he’s barely seen his son all summer? A lunch date, of course! When you’re a divorced single parent with part-time custody, sometimes that’s the best you can do.
Head on over to the Silicon Valley Moms Blog today to find out how a twelve-year-old boy spent his summer vacation [...]
Is dating easier for single dads than single moms? A lot of folks in the blogosphere seem to think so.
Chrissy at Glamour’s Storked! laments the marketability of a single dad who appeared on ABC’s Bachelorette. Seems he got a ton of fan mail that Chrissy as a single mom doesn’t get. Her readers jumped right [...]
Two weeks ago I checked the online homework message board for my son’s sixth grade class and saw a curious thing – plans for a field trip the next day to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. This was news to me.
Granted, my son lives in two homes and sometimes Friday Folder messages end up at the [...]
My son’s orthodontist office called to see if we’d gotten his X-rays taken for next Monday’s consultation.
X-rays? Consultation? I knew nothing.
My ex-wife had taken my son to his last ortho appointment, a routine checkup. She and I have joint custody of the kids, and take turns taking them to appointments. Apparently this time the orthodontist [...]
One of the huge joys of parenting is simply spending time with your loving family. Coming home to a house full of kids excited to see you can take the edge off any bad day. Conversely, one of the worst feelings for a single parent with shared custody happens on nights when the kids are [...]
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, CBS radio, CNN.com, and McClatchy News syndication
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Danielle: I can honestly say that I have never unconditionally loved a man. I think I find that very sad.
Honey: Jake lost his virginity when he was 15, and that seems like a pretty common number (I was 18, but it was less...
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