The holidays are coming–sooner than you think. It’s a time of year when the skies are full of kids. Kids and their parents flying to spend Thanksgiving at Grandma’s, kids and their parents flying south to spend Christmas at a … Continue reading
Everybody has them. Single parents just seem to have them more…and with good reason. I’m talking about those down days (or hours—not necessarily whole days), when everything seems like too much, nothing feels happy or good or right, and … Continue reading
It’s a common enough statement…but a wrong one. It’s said both by the remaining parent, in the wake of a divorce or a death, and by her friends and relatives. To a lesser extent, something similar happens to daughters when … Continue reading
With your spouse gone (whether you’re widowed or divorced), or if you never were married in the first place, it’s only logical that your children will occupy a larger portion of the “pie” (think pie chart) that is your life, … Continue reading
Custodial dads — whether you have won custody of all the kids in a divorce proceeding, have custody of only your son or only your hardest-to-handle child, or are a widower who now finds himself with the full responsibility of one … Continue reading
Raising kids under any circumstances is a challenge. Raising them as a single parent is all the more so. And if you’re a dad, the challenge is even greater. How can you work and watch the kids, if they’re … Continue reading
Back in the 1960s, communal living was in vogue. Not everyone did it, of course, but there were a fair number of groups of unrelated people who banded together in large houses or even in huge apartments for the … Continue reading
Whether you’re now a one-parent family because of a death or because of a divorce, if Dad (or Mom) is absent, and especially if the absence is fairly recent, both you and the kids have a lot to … Continue reading
Explaining to kids about death is never easy. In my book, Why Do People Die? I try to help kids understand death, but death is not an easy subject to understand… at any age. Even as adults, none of us … Continue reading
It’s over. You and your spouse have decided to call it quits. Maybe the decision was yours, and you’re happy with it. Maybe the decision was his (hers, if you’re the husband), and you’re not at all happy about … Continue reading
It’s almost summer, the local schools are ready to close up shop, and they have signs out encouraging parents to sign up their kindergarteners, transfer students, and other new enrollees now for the fall semester. You may have kids yourself … Continue reading
