I haven’t been able to hold my two beautiful children for 4 months, ever since I left New Hampshire for Canada. This all started when I left my husband and our “marital home” in 2009 because of years of emotional abuse. We agreed (verbally) that we would have a 50/50 schedule with no child support. […]
Category: Personal Experience
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.
I am in Australia and my wife (soon to be ex) and 2 beautiful daughters are in Jakarta, Indonesia. My girls are only 2.5 years and 3 months old. I barely know the littlest one; I was there for her birth. But the 2.5 yr old lived with me and my wife in Australia for […]
I was looking on google for a forum for long distance parents. Over the past 3 months I have been slowly adjusting to a new life thousands of miles from my son. I am English and have recently moved back to the UK from South America where my son lives with his mum. I feel […]
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Adjustment Period
I haven’t posted here in awhile. Truth be told, I view this site (and accompanying Facebook page) as an uplifting support system, ripe with extremely valuable insight and optimistic outlooks and advice on how best to make the most of a very trying situation. I love how all involved help to lift each other up, […]
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Call me Crazy?
For most of the past two years I have been living 1,100 miles away from my beloved children. The decision to move far away from them did not come easily but I have had to live with it every day since then. I have tried very hard to soothe myself with the fact that they […]
What the effects of long distance parenting on a child might be. Links to scientific evidence, and anecdotal evidence from long distance parents.