Long-distance parenting is the practice of actively maintaining a parent-child relationship across geographic distance. It is not a single scenario but a wide range of situations in which a parent...
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Ideas for Long Distance Parents to do for and with Your Kids
A common question that long distance parents have is ‘how can I stay close to my child, when I’m long distance?’. Of course, there are a ton of ways to...
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Collaborating With Teenagers Long Distance
Maybe this is the hot ticket with older kids. The way to show support from a distance. To pitch in and help them with stuff that they want or need to do but could use some help doing it better or bigger or cooler. There are tons of those opportunities…
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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...
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How to Reconnect With Your Child After Time Apart
A long distance parent who had been out of contact with a young child for some time reached out to the Distance Parent community with this question: “My son is...
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Celebrating Your Child’s Birthday When You Can’t Be There
Missing your child’s birthday is one of the harder realities of long distance parenting. It happens. Travel costs, scheduling conflicts, and custody arrangements mean that being there in person on...
