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  • Long Distance Parenting Resource Kit
    • What Is Long Distance Parenting? Definition, Types, and Common Misconceptions
    • Should I Move Away From My Child? How to Decide if Long Distance Parenting Is Right for You
    • Triage for the New Long Distance Parent
    • Ideas for Long Distance Parents to do for and with Your Kids
    • Long Distance Parenting Tool Kit
    • How to Stay Involved With Your Child’s School
    • 5 Ways to Smooth out your Co-Parent Relationship
    • Long Distance parenting How-Tos
  • Long Distance Parenting Legal Resources
    • How to Create a Long Distance Parenting Plan
    • Sample Long Distance Parenting Plans
    • Legal Tips and How Tos for Long Distance Parents
    • Federal Law for Long Distance Parents
    • State and Local Courts and Laws
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  • Long Distance Parenting Resource Kit
    • What Is Long Distance Parenting? Definition, Types, and Common Misconceptions
    • Should I Move Away From My Child? How to Decide if Long Distance Parenting Is Right for You
    • Triage for the New Long Distance Parent
    • Ideas for Long Distance Parents to do for and with Your Kids
    • Long Distance Parenting Tool Kit
    • How to Stay Involved With Your Child’s School
    • 5 Ways to Smooth out your Co-Parent Relationship
    • Long Distance parenting How-Tos
  • Long Distance Parenting Legal Resources
    • How to Create a Long Distance Parenting Plan
    • Sample Long Distance Parenting Plans
    • Legal Tips and How Tos for Long Distance Parents
    • Federal Law for Long Distance Parents
    • State and Local Courts and Laws
  • Long Distance Parenting Support and Community
    • Personal Experience
    • Most Recent Comments
    • Private FB Group for Long Distance Parents
  • Books and Products
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  • Long Distance Parenting Resource Kit
    • What Is Long Distance Parenting? Definition, Types, and Common Misconceptions
    • Should I Move Away From My Child? How to Decide if Long Distance Parenting Is Right for You
    • Triage for the New Long Distance Parent
    • Ideas for Long Distance Parents to do for and with Your Kids
    • Long Distance Parenting Tool Kit
    • How to Stay Involved With Your Child’s School
    • 5 Ways to Smooth out your Co-Parent Relationship
    • Long Distance parenting How-Tos
  • Long Distance Parenting Legal Resources
    • How to Create a Long Distance Parenting Plan
    • Sample Long Distance Parenting Plans
    • Legal Tips and How Tos for Long Distance Parents
    • Federal Law for Long Distance Parents
    • State and Local Courts and Laws
  • Long Distance Parenting Support and Community
    • Personal Experience
    • Most Recent Comments
    • Private FB Group for Long Distance Parents
  • Books and Products
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    Personal Experience

    Co-Parents Forever – The Long Game

    - By Distance Parent

    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...

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    Missing Your Child’s Firsts as a Long-Distance Parent

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    Missing My Child: The Long Distance Parent’s Empty Room

    September 9, 2008
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    Celebrating Your Child’s Birthday When You Can’t Be There

    September 23, 2008
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    How-Tos - Legalities

    Location and Your Court Case

    - By Distance Parent

    As a long distance parent, you live in one place and your child lives in another. It's possible that there is even a third location involved if your child has relocated since the custody case was decided. Here are some details on the intricacies related to location involved in a…

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    Virtual Visitation for Long Distance Parents: How It Works and How to Get Started

    May 13, 2004
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    How to Help Your Child Transition Between Two Homes

    July 31, 2004
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    What to Include in a Long Distance Parenting Plan

    March 13, 2005
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    Legalities

    Long Distance Parenting Case Law and Strategy

    - By Distance Parent

    What case law is and why it matters to a long distance parenting case.

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    What to Include in a Long Distance Parenting Plan

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    How to Write a Letter to Your Child’s School as a Long Distance Parent

    August 7, 2006
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    Get a Court Order Before You Move: The Most Important Advice for New Long Distance Parents

    May 18, 2009
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    How-Tos

    How to Deal With a Difficult Co-Parent: Strategies for Long Distance Parents

    - By Distance Parent

    These 10 strategy recommendations are for the parent that is facing that worst case scenario in a contentious co-parenting relationship.

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    Virtual Visitation for Long Distance Parents: How It Works and How to Get Started

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    July 31, 2004
    long distance parenting plan document with checklist of items to include

    What to Include in a Long Distance Parenting Plan

    March 13, 2005
  • person writing in planner representing the importance of planning and getting a court order before becoming a long distance parent
    Legalities

    Get a Court Order Before You Move: The Most Important Advice for New Long Distance Parents

    - By Distance Parent

    There is one piece of advice for new long distance parents that stands above everything else: get a court order before you move and make your parenting plan exactly what...

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    When the Custodial Parent Blocks Communication With Your Kids: What to Do

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