Batter Up

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My girlfriend’s 15 year old kid had played a year of Little League and hadn’t picked up a bat or glove since. This was an opportunity for us to bond, but the odds were stacked against us.

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Dating the Single Co-Parenting Dad: On the Outside Looking In

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Single dads are fiercely committed to their little ones saying, by action and by word, “you are loved.”

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Kid Weekends

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Thomas Fiffer anticipates the beginning of a weekend with his boys.

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The Kids May Be All Right, But I’m Not: My Ex-Wife’s Boyfriend Is Moving In

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After the news comes up over lunch with his kids, Paul Schneider finds himself digesting the news uneasily.

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The Worst Part of Being Divorced

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Paul Schneider misses his kids.

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The Last Late Show With My Father

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When children are forced to release something they hold dear, it cements into their memories the moments preceding it.

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Life Since Daddy Left

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This is why their father left us.

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An Open Letter to Gen X Dads

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DeLani Bartlette grew up feeling like a burden that her father chose not to bear.

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What Marriage Means To Me

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On being divorced, and how it has helped me stay committed to my marriage and my daughter.

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When Marriages End: Mistakes Men Make

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Men are encouraged to tell the people in their inner circles when their marriages are ending.

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What No One Tells You About Divorce

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Craig Playstead says that despite what you think, divorce is astronomically expensive, will wreck your family, and puts you through hell.

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Looking Beyond Adversity for the Single Parent

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Serenity in single parenthood comes from accepting what you cannot change.

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Divorce + Child Custody = Absolute Disaster

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Equal custody and parental rights are important, Ken Solin writes, especially for the children.

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Justice and Custody: Men’s Place in Divorce

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Ken Solin recounts his experience fighting for the custody of his son, and wonders if justice in the family court system will ever be more fair to fathers.

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My Partisans

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Some say you need a village to get over a divorce, Steven Axelrod writes, but he had something else.

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Fathers: Equal In Marriage But Not In Divorce?

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Vikki Larson wants to know why there is still surprise when divorced dads are actively co-parenting, have full custody, or are simply there to show up in their children’s lives.

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