Psychologists warn against the human tendency to create “the other,” as in dehumanizing an opponent1. Perhaps the first and best piece of advice we can offer our male clients preparing for custody trials is to remember your opposition is the mother of your children. Any fight for your children begins with respecting yourself, your children, and your ex-wife. 1: Prepare to ...
You made it amicably through your divorce. You reached a favorable agreement on visitation. You and your ex-wife are even on the same page regarding co-parenting, each of you sharing responsibilities for your children. Only … she left you at Virginia Beach’s Tupelo Honey Cafe with the kids for a couple of hours because you forgot to check your messages, ...
Visitation time will feel awkward for a while after your divorce. Your children — the same little folks you diapered, fed, bathed and played with — are now visiting with you. Gone are the idle moments of just lying on a hammock with one of them napping on you. Gone are the fun moments of washing the family car together, ...
Single Dads have a bad reputation. Not a bad-boy, "Ooh, he’s so fine" kind of bad reputation. More like a T-bird up on cinder blocks, “Eeww” kind of bad reputation. Single dads face all sorts of societal taboos. To be a successful single dad in Virginia these days, make sure you are doing none of these. We have made this ...
Going through a custody battle can be extremely stressful, often turning into a knock-down, drag-out fight. In order to fully assess the preparation needed to win your custody battle, we've got just the questionnaire to assist you. As you read through these questions, ask yourself if there can be any areas of improvement that can be made when it comes ...
You have a panel of experts. Sure, they may not be able to help you with the timing problems on your Gran Torino. They are probably not to be relied upon for workday fashion advice. Yet your children are a panel of experts about divorce. And they’d like a few words with you. Too many times, though, Dads are too ...
Fighting insomnia? We recommend visiting The University of Queensland (Australia) website1 dedicated to the Pitch Drop Experiment. Thrill to seeing live webcam views of pitch, a substance that literally moves at a glacial pace, as it drips from a funnel. A funnel set up in 1927. A funnel with pitch in it intended to demonstrate whether pitch is a solid ...
At least 95 percent of non-human mammals show little or no fathering, according to Oxford Scholarship.1 This puts human dads in a distinct evolutionary minority and makes us wonder, why does fatherhood exist? What purpose does it serve? Are You the Wolf or the Bonobo? The experts at Parenting Science point out2 that male wolves are far more fatherly to ...
Some decisions are marvelous and perfect, like opting to return to Mount Vernon for the Spring Wine Festival & Sunset Tour every year. Some decisions are regrettable, like a misspelled tattoo, or marrying the wrong woman. Tattoos can be removed; a bad marriage can be ended through divorce. If she is pregnant, though, you pause and wonder: should I, could ...