By Katie Davis Spring has arrived, and you may be one of the dads that gets to have his kids this holiday weekend. Some families will be celebrating Easter, and others will just be spending quality time together. Whatever your current plans are this weekend, it’s important to make sure …
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Mother’s Day is difficult for divorced parents and it’s a situation a large chunk of the population has to deal with. Although you’re no longer together, your ex-wife is the mother of your children and deserves appropriate forms of recognition on Mother’s Day. You want to show your children you …
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Rosalind Sedacca, the founder of the Child-Centered Divorce Network and the author of the book, “How Do I Tell The Kids About The Divorce,” talked with DadsDivorce.com editor Matt Allen about dangerous mistakes that parents can make when going through a troubling divorce and the importance of exhibiting model behavior …
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By Gary Direnfeld Social Worker Even though parents argue as to the best residential schedule, choice of school, faith, holiday time, Christmas and extra-curricular activities, these issues are simply not as predictive for the outcome of children of separated parents as conflict alone. More to the point, the greater the …
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By Daren Neel Cordell & Cordell Divorce Attorney In this holiday season, many parents realize that based on their regular parenting schedule they do not have any parenting time on either Thanksgiving or Christmas. In a scramble to have parenting time with their children on these important holidays, many parents …
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By Julie Garrison Special to DadsDivorce.com Even if you are the one who initiated the divorce, holidays still pull on the heartstrings. After all, everything about your marriage and family life probably was not divorce-quality bad. During the holidays, people often have trouble letting go of the bad and building …
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Your father is like the best father in the world. And you should feel bad because you always gyp him with a really cheap present — dumb ties. Make the gift count by actually putting some thought into it and get him something he really wants.
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Question: In my parenting plan it reads the father will have two uninterrupted weeks during the summer. One of the weeks we agreed to will start on a weekend they are with me. The problem is the next weekend is not my planned weekend with them but is Father’s Day …
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Question: This year my birthday falls on Mother’s Day, which is supposed to be my ex-wife’s day with our child. However, I’d like to see my child on my birthday, but she is unwilling to even split time. Does my birthday or a holiday take precedent when it comes to …
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By Julie Garrison Special to DadsDivorce.com After a divorce, the children may fantasize about their parents getting back together. If you have plans to bring the whole family together, including your ex-wife, to celebrate the holidays in order to keep things “normal” then you may want to reconsider. Sharing the …
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