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7 Lies You’ll Tell Your Kids After Divorce

Terry K Carr | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Divorce Humor, Divorced Parent, Single Parent, Kids and Divorce, Parenting and Divorce, Divorce, Divorce News

As a divorced single parent of three, I had an idea that if l were honest with my kids, it would help them. But when I spoke the truth as I saw it, their confused expressions convinced me that sometimes it's just better to fib.

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Why I Love Being A Single Parent

Kate Schermerhorn | Posted 04.27.2012

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Nothing drive me as crazy as those women who act like some horrible tragedy has befallen my children and me when they hear I am divorced ... yes, twice

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How I Stopped Punishing My Ex-Wife For Her Affair

Kyle Bradford | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Single Parent, Marriage Counseling, Blame and Divorce, Ex-Wife, Divorce, Divorce and Kids, Perspective, Blame, Cheating, Co-Parenting, Affairs, Appreciating Your Spouse, Blaming Your Ex, Divorce News

The discovery of my ex-wife's affair wouldn't have made for juicy television. I never walked in to find the lovers in our bed and I didn't stumble upon some tawdry Facebook exchange.

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The Bright Side of Home Foreclosure for Single Dads

Nicholas Carroll | Posted 04.17.2012

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My sense, from many conversations, is that single dads pick up a lot more free time by moving to a rental than single moms.

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Meet The Single Mom Who Traveled To South America With Her Baby

Marissa Cortes | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Single Parent, Single Mom, Travel, Parents-Newborns, Parents-Pregnancy, Ukwomen, Ukrelationships, Divorce News

I would be damned if I let this tragedy define and ruin me. Not only did the trip turn out to be my opportunity to heal, it also became the chance to create and build a lasting relationship with my only child.

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Can Living Apart Save Your Marriage?

Lee Block | Posted 06.18.2011

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The world we live in today is full of technologically-savvy divorced people. You don't have to leave your house to find anything anymore, and that in...

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Child Support: The Debate That Never Ends

Lee Block | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Children Youth and Family, Child Support, Parents, Father, Family, Child, Childsupport, Parent, Single-Parent, Noncustodial Parent, Divorce, Divorce News

There are so many things to say on the subject of child support...

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Tick Tock Is Another Winner From Patterson

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

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James Patterson and Company continue to push out these books multiple times a year. As long as they stay as interesting and engrossing as Tick Tock, they can do a book a month or more.

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Dispelling the Top 10 Myths of Divorce

Lee Block | Posted 05.25.2011

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Divorce is full of myths and legends. There are myths and legends regarding statistics of divorce and how others see people who are divorced.

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Co-Parenting: The Toughest Job in The World

Lee Block | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Divorce, Family, Child, Coparenting, Anger, Single-Parent, Parent, Co-Parents, Marriage, Divorce News

The divorce is done and things are going along nicely for a while, and then it happens.

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Single Parenting Tips For Moms & Dads

Parenting.com | Christine Coppa | Posted 05.25.2011

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You're Newly Single, with Kids...Now What? When I found out I was pregnant -- three months into a new relationship -- and then found myself suddenly ...

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Top Ten "Must Knows" for Divorced Dads

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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When I first sought advice regarding my own divorce in 2007, I went to the source of all reasonable and well-informed insight, Google. What I found wa...

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A is for Amy & Adonis: Chapter K

Steven Crandell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Amy was on the desperate side of midnight. Her silky kimono robe smelled of breast milk vomit. Her hair looked like a bird's nest. She felt like scre...

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A is for Amy & Adonis: Double Post -- Chapters I and J

Steven Crandell | Posted 05.25.2011

I Amy returned to bedlam. Carmen and Ferguson were engaged in hand-to-hand combat over Ibey the rubber ibex. Ferguson wanted to behead him, and Carme...

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A is for Amy & Adonis: Chapter G

Steven Crandell | Posted 05.25.2011

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G Cosmetic surgery was out of the question. Too expensive. For that matter, so was a new bra. However. If you could take out a mortgage to pay for ...

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Three Males, No Women -- The True Story of The Boys Are Back

Simon Carr | Posted 11.17.2011

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After my wife died the care and control of our five-year-old son fell to me. The idea of a man bringing up a young child was alien to the spirit of the age.

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Dreams of My Absent Father

Don McNay | Posted 11.17.2011

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When I read the Obama quote about fathers, it made me wonder what side of the equation I fell on. Was I living up to my father's expectations or making up for his mistakes?

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