You and your ex-wife have worked out the bumps and edges of separation, divorce, and child custody. Now you are looking to summer, when the parenting time schedule you two worked out includes three whole weeks with your adorable children, June and Auguste. You are excited to have little Auguste and June for most of July, and plan to drive ...
A gathering of geese is a gaggle, and a gaggle of geese can mean both geese and ganders, because — though all geese (females) are geese, some geese are not geese (females) but ganders (males). And, as we all know, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. In Virginia divorce, this is also true. If your wife ...
A short while ago we offered up some advice from plenty of wise folks for raising strong daughters. Fairness means the time is ripe for advice on raising strong sons, too. Our responsibilities as parents are to raise sons who respect others but also themselves, who play hard but work hard, too. The best badass sons grow to be strong, ...
Backyardchickens.com (We know you don’t believe us, but it exists) offers helpful advice on getting your chickens to lay their eggs in their nest boxes, and the secret lies in putting fake eggs where you want the chickens to lay real ones. This is the origin of the term “nest egg,” because once you start the golden egg-laying, it does ...
Inspirational author Germany Kent said, “Don't live the same day over and over again and call that a life. Life is about evolving mentally, spiritually, and emotionally.” Single dads in Virginia would do well to consider his advice. Evolve, grow, and embrace the ups and downs of parenting. Being a single dad in Virginia is like riding one of Virginia’s ...
We were at a kids’ birthday party the other day, and the parents had thoughtfully booked local magician, Rob Westcott1. Rob is not only a great entertainer but also a holder of a JD (law) degree. He has a rabbit, Prince Charming, whose primary job is to emerge at the right time from a top hat. Prince Charming has never once ...
What is the fine line between being a badass dad and being a jerk? You just know it when you see it. Being badass as a dad has nothing to do with breaking laws, bullying others, or being physically powerful. Being a badass dad begins with putting your kids above all else. Here are some great quotes to remember what ...
Two aspects of life in Virginia should not be a burden: service in the military and divorce. With both experiences, Virginia men undergo enough stress that no additional problems should tax their minds and hearts. Deployment for military service does not affect your right to file for divorce in Virginia, thanks to federal legal protection. The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ...
Perhaps as a way to make ourselves feel better, humans unscientifically invented the notion of “compensation” for deficits. We tell ourselves, for instance, that blind people have more acute hearing, or that hearing-impaired people are excellent lip readers (neither of which is true, says Michigan’s Community Service Commission). Often we drape the same socially comfortable cover over fatherlessness, trying to ...