Finding and establishing a support network is paramount to a long distance parent. Part of finding support is knowing that you are not alone. These posts are the personal experiences of other long distance parents.
There are many, long distance parents going through some of the same things you and your kids are experiencing. Reading about the personal experience of other long distance parents can provide an immediate sense of support. You are not alone! That single realization was maybe the most important realization for myself, and for many other long distance parents.
These posts all describe the experiences of long distance parents. There are international long distance parents, long distance parents who are surprise parents, moms, dads, and long distance parents who share their emotional journey. Aside from the posts themselves, the comment threads are also often active with other long distance parents sharing their own experiences.
About 6 months ago, I said to a friend that I could never forgive my ex for what she’d done. “I’m not Ghandi” I said, “…and I never will be”. This is my story about how I found forgiveness and wrote the book about internet visitation for other long distance parents. I honestly thought that […]
My son went off to college last fall. In many ways, it was the end of what had been a very long long distance co-parenting saga. He would turn 18 shortly after leaving for college. No more child support. No more wrangling school and travel stuff with my co-parent. We had reached the finish line. In many ways, […]
Leading up to this moment, I’d been contemplating the co-parenting long game. How age 18 wasn’t the end of the road. My son is 17 now and we are talking a lot about college now, as a trio. The next thing we will cooperate on. It finally occurred to me that we would be co-parents […]
Three years ago my kids moved to another state across the country from me with their dad. The heartache of being apart from my children is obvious. The second hardest thing about this is the constant self-doubt which is inextricably combined with judgement (both real and perceived) of others. My ex and I realized it […]
Editor note : Being a long distance parent isn’t usually something we anticipate when we have kids. Heck, sometimes even kids are a complete surprise. In this post, a father who lives in the US shares how a past relationship made him an instant international long distance parent. I live in the US and I […]
I cannot describe the sense of relief I feel since finding this site, to know I’m not the only one in this situation. Long story short, I left my ex at the beginning of the year. It was the right thing to do, our relationship had been over for years and we both struggled to see […]
