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‘Sleepovers’ With My 9-Year-Old Daughter

When five people sleep in a three-bedroom house, sleeping arrangements can get creative. Yet one thing remains consistent: on Tuesday nights, my husband sleeps on the couch in the living room, and my...

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Joint Custody Via E-Mail and iCal

Communicating via technology can ease emotions when handling the ever-changing details of joint custody agreements.

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When a Divorce Makes a Better Dad

Six months into our divorce, the kids’ mom moved back to Boston and I followed. In that tiny apartment, I unlearned everything I'd learned about how not to be a dad.

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Advice to Help a Stepparent Start Strong

A reader, about to gain a spouse and a stepdaughter, asks: how does a stepparent get off on the right foot, and stay there?

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Robert. Dad. Stepdad. What’s in a Name?

I don't have stepchidren and biological children. I have children. Period. But four of my kids don't call me "Dad."

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After a Divorce, Creeping Around Happiness

After a divorce, a mother looks for an honest conversation about what really makes us happy — and it's hard to find.

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Does ‘Nesting’ Children After Divorce Work?

A reader and his wife, in the process of a divorce, are moving in and out of the house they once shared with their children and looking for advice.

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What Makes a Successful Stepfather?

In forming new family relationships, children need to feel that their frustrations are heard, while disagreements between adults are kept in the background.

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Months After Newtown, Sorting Boxes of Grief

My stepmother was killed in the Newtown shooting. My husband and I divorced after 10 years of marriage. I'm left with boxes of physical reminders of what used to be.

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Madonna and Guy Ritchie Model a ‘Good Divorce’

Madonna and Guy Ritchie were the model of good post-divorce parenting at their son's bar mitzvah. My husband, his ex-wife and I have not always been so mature.

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The Half-Life of the Divorced Parent

In the years since my divorce, I've grown used to our shared custody arrangement, but I've never fully accepted how estranged I've become from my daughters' other life.

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Can a Child Be Too Young for Shared Custody?

If you divorced with very young children, what do you know now that you wish you had known then?

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What to Do When Your Ex Spoils Your Child

A father lavishes his son with sports jerseys, cash and iEverything. His former spouse, a mental health professional who gives parenting advice for a living, has no idea what to do.

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A Stay-at-Home Dad’s Dilemma, When the Marriage Ends

Readers, particularly stay-at-home fathers after they've been divorced, respond to the Times article "Wall Street Mothers, Stay-Home Fathers" with their stories.

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Negotiating Pettiness and Heartache in the Modern, Blended, Non-Brady Family

Divorce, with shared custody, can feel like the wrong end of the Solomonic wisdom: you get half the child, I get half the child. But really, we ask our children to cut themselves in half.

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When Divorce Magnifies Adoption’s Losses

My adopted child of divorced and remarried parents doesn't feel like she fits in anywhere.

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How the ‘Trophy for Just Showing Up’ Is Earned

The participation trophy may be considered a sorry relic of the self-esteem movement. But to me, it represents a season of struggle.

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‘Sleepovers’ With My 9-Year-Old Daughter

When five people sleep in a three-bedroom house, sleeping arrangements can get creative. Yet one thing remains consistent: on Tuesday nights, my husband sleeps on the couch in the living room, and my...

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Joint Custody Via E-Mail and iCal

Communicating via technology can ease emotions when handling the ever-changing details of joint custody agreements.

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Long After a Divorce, the Question of Family Photographs Lingers

All of the photographs from my entire childhood were taken while my parents were married. What do I do with them now?

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