Perspective

Opinion, insight and perspective about the intricacies of long distance parenting by long distance parents.

What Long Distance Parenting Is – and Is Not

May 17, 2013
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parents in the b ackground

Parenting is hard and it's full of tough decisions from birth and even past the time that the kid(s) are adults. The decision to be at a distance from a child is a valid or even necessary option sometimes and is one of the single toughest decisions to make. Long distance parents are not deadbeats…

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Survival Mode and the Relentless Drive for a Better Life

March 26, 2012
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Beyond Consequences, Logic and Control by Heather T Forbes

I recently had the life-altering experience of reading Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control: A Love-Based Approach to Helping Attachment-Challenged Children With Severe Behaviors. My son, who has a long distance dad, and to whom I have, at one time, been a long distance mom to, has some challenging behavior that this book addresses. I read…

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The Effect of Long Distance Parenting (and visitation) on Children

March 17, 2011
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Last night, as my son and I sat at the counter nomming strawberries, we were talking about him writing his first words (‘dog’, ‘god’, and ‘no’) and I was able to relate the story to him about his first written words and how proud he was of them. He was 4 when he wrote them…

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Tech for Tots

February 14, 2011
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Allie: O;)??i?$73 Me: Hi sweetheart, how is your day? Allie: Gsksjsofjfjserr Me: Are you ready for your birthday? I can’t believe you’re going to be 5!!! Allie: Gwygegeyeu Bhhdydhsydhdydh Me: I love you, Princess. XOXO Allie: I. Love. You. Daddy And that is roughly what 99% of my text message communications with my daughter look…

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What She Needs

January 7, 2011
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I was always taught that there are very few times when a grown man should cry – Funerals, and that sort, I suppose. My own personal list, however, of permissible occasions for a man to tear up a bit definitely includes those few minutes when I am returning my daughter to her mother after a…

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