As a result of travel costs being higher on that particular weekend, I was unable to visit my daughter on her birthday this year.  I was able to go a few weeks later and bring presents but I wanted to do something extra special for her on that day.  I arranged to have balloons delivered to her [...]

The end result is a binder that your child can pull out any time they want to write a letter to you - and have everything they need. This makes them have less need to rely upon the custodial parents to allow letter writing and gives them something fun to do from you.

Long distance parenting can be expensive. As part of my continuous quest to find affordable airfare and to make the traveling experience as pleasant as possible, I have …

So you’ve got your webcam set up and you are both seeing each other. Now what? Here are some activities that work well for internet visitation.

Read a book. Before my son could read, I would read to him. Eventually, he started reading to ME. When I read to him, I [...]

When I talk to my son, I always make sure to ask him questions about his day to find out what goes on with him. I ask about school and what he did and who he played with and what he learned. He will usually tell me if he didn’t like something or had trouble with something and we will talk about it.