The Best Speech Tools We Used Weren’t Speech Tools
You don’t need a bunch of specialist tools. Sometimes the best things to help your child communicate are already around you….
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Who Are Your Kids When You’re Not There?
Integrity: making the right decisions when no one’s looking When I think about the values to teach your children, I used…
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Why “How Was School?” Kills the Conversation
Because there are only so many times I can ask, “How was school?” before we both start questioning why we’re here….
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Could Your Kid Manage Without You?
Parenting is partly about preparing our children for a life where, eventually, they won’t need us for every little thing. As…
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Dad Guilty? Does it ever leave?
Parents may live apart because of military deployment, divorce, immigration, or relocation. In my case, it was immigration, but the truth…
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More Than Every Other Weekend
When my kids speak to me about freedom and wanting to be an adult, I have no choice but to laugh….
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I Owe My Kids a Second Home
Airports have a strange way of making time feel dishonest. The days leading up to a visit drag, but long-distance parenting…
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Forget the Number. Focus on the Bond
Growing up on the small Caribbean island of Montserrat, we watched the world change right in front of us. At one…
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One Team. Two Homes.
What co-parenting from afar really looks like in the ordinary, everyday moments. Unlike popular belief, mastering long-distance co-parenting takes a special…
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The Part of Parenting From Afar Nobody Talks About
Being a dad has often been associated with being the protector and staying tough, showing little to no emotion. While that…
