The One Thing Long Distance Parents Wish you Knew
I asked the group recently "if there is one thing you wish people who are NOT long distance parents knew about long distance parenting, what would it be?". Sometimes Facebook…
Surprise Long Distance Parent
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…
Triage for the New Long Distance Parent
For the first time ever, you are a parent without your child. For the first time, you feel a million miles way from them, even if you are really only…
My Two Beautiful Daughters are in Another Country
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…
What Long Distance Parenting Is and Is Not
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 or abandoning their kids. In fact, the decision to be apart from a child is just the first step of the tough road that they navigate to maintain a loving relationship with the child.
10 Points of Strategy for the Contentious Co-parenting Relationship
These 10 strategy recommendations are for the parent that is facing that worst case scenario in a contentious co-parenting relationship.