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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
  • 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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    How-Tos - Legalities

    How to Create a Legally Binding Long Distance Parenting Plan

    - By Distance Parent

    A long distance parenting plan is an arrangement for how you will co-parent a child when one parent is not within close physical proximity. It is one part of a court order.

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    Collaborating With Teenagers Long Distance

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    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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    How to Reconnect With Your Child After Time Apart

    - By Distance Parent

    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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    How to Stay Organized for School as a Long Distance Parent

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    Staying organized for school is more complicated when you are not in the same house as your child. There are no little voices reminding you about the bake sale or...

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    What to Include in a Long Distance Parenting Plan

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    What to Include in a Long Distance Parenting Plan There are many parts to creating a long distance parenting plan. When you get to the meat and potatoes of what...

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

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    Internet or virtual visitation is when a parent and child are able to see each other via webcams over the internet. This gives them the opportunity to see each other face to face in addition to talking on the phone and in-person visitation.

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