‘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...
View ArticleJoint Custody Via E-Mail and iCal
Communicating via technology can ease emotions when handling the ever-changing details of joint custody agreements.
View ArticleWhen 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.
View ArticleAdvice 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?
View ArticleRobert. 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."
View ArticleAfter 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.
View ArticleDoes ‘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.
View ArticleWhat 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.
View ArticleMonths 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.
View ArticleMadonna 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.
View ArticleThe 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.
View ArticleCan 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?
View ArticleWhat 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.
View ArticleA 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.
View ArticleNegotiating 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.
View ArticleWhen Divorce Magnifies Adoption’s Losses
My adopted child of divorced and remarried parents doesn't feel like she fits in anywhere.
View ArticleHow 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.
View Article‘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...
View ArticleJoint Custody Via E-Mail and iCal
Communicating via technology can ease emotions when handling the ever-changing details of joint custody agreements.
View ArticleLong 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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