The Truth Fairy
Last night my 10 year old daughter, Caitlyn, came home barreling through the front door overly excited to show me that she had lost a molar tooth. I barely got the words out, “How was your weekend with your mom?” when I was quickly holding and admiring my daughter’s greatest loss. “You owe me big time! This one fell out by itself when I was eating a burger for lunch yesterday at mom’s.”
For New Single Parents: Get Organized
Parenting is tough enough when you have a partner, but when you’re doing it alone, the difficulty reaches new heights. Yet single parents everywhere are successfully and happily raising children by themselves. Like virtually all aspects of single parenting, it takes more work and planning to make it successful, but it can be done,
My Suicide Bend on Hotel Shower Curtains
When I think back to when I was a kid, family vacations involved long road trips and stops at scary looking motels. Back then you didn’t pre-plan your road stays. When we got tired, my parents would pull off the highway and look for a lite up *”Vacancy”* sign. We would check in, pre-pay, and get handed a real key.
How Band, Flags, and Cheers Make New Fans
It has been a little over a year since I have been assimilated into the high school football Borg. This cybermetic cultish collective has been an interesting process for me personally, now that my daughter is part of a band. For that reason, my obligation for watching football has increased a hundredfold. I have seen more live football in the past year …
Factors to Determine Primary Child Custody
So you are preparing for your child custody court case. You can increase your odds of winning, and make yourself more comfortable if you have some idea what questions will be asked. We have already discussed What Does a Judge Look for in a Child Custody Case? Now lets list factors to determine primary child custody:
How to Build the 4th Grade Alamo Project
When I was a kid, the only resources available for school projects were the World Book Encyclopedias. Today encyclopedias are now Google searches. For my daughter’s 4th grade Alamo project, we got ideas off the Internet. So for all you parent surfers out there who need ideas and help for your child’s 4th grade Alamo project, here are the steps Caitlyn took in her assignment.
5 Reasons I Love CoSchedule
If the adage, which I believe, that “consistent blogging helps your business” then tools that help you stay on top of your blogging are something to consider. Nothing has changed my blogging as much as CoSchedule. I absolutely love this product! I could not imagine planning out or promoting my post through social media without utilizing this wonderful gizmo.
High-Profile Troubles Continue For Deion and Pilar
Even after a divorce is finalized, a warring couple can continue to battle. We visited Deion and Pilar Sanders when they were finalizing their break-up, but their conflicts continue. Even though they finalized their divorce in 2013, the legal woes continue between former Dallas Cowboy…
Children Never Outgrow Negative Effects of Divorce
For years, you kept your family together through hidden conflicts and unspoken conflict. Maybe you knew the day would come when you and your spouse would call it quits. Perhaps you even discussed it. One day, the last child leaves to begin his own life with his new family.
5 Free Papa Louie Arcade Games to Kill ANY Productive Day
I have two boys ages 11 and 5 who are very much computer addicted to free “PapaLouie” games. I have no idea where they get their laptop obsession. I try very hard to make some time and actually play these online games with them (or next to them). I have to say most of them are very good…
House of Cards Season 3, Chapter 30 – The Ear of God
This episode opens with Heather Dunbar (Elizabeth Marvel) addressing the Supreme Court to admit responsibility for a presidential airstrike that harmed a civilian who became crippled as a result. The scene fades into President Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) attending the funeral of three…
Divorce Life Challenges for Parents and Children
Back in February, DGC told of a couple who had separated (Beginning Divorce: Awkward and Hard). They have two children. The Dad, sole breadwinner with a good job, moved into an apartment. They continued marriage counseling. Eventually, they got back together, but the reunion was short-lived.