I receive lots of emails from women, many without children, asking questions about dating single dads. The common problem is meeting his children – specifically, why won’t he let her meet them, why he avoids, or goes hot and cold, about meeting them, and similar. It seems for many of these women, meeting his kids is a really big deal.
Posts filed in:Fatherhood
Hard Talks – Your Son And Porn
It’s kept me awake more nights than one, and for a good reason. Research suggests the average age boys are introduced to porn is eleven, as in tuck-me-into-bed-daddy eleven.
Sex, Love, and Thirsty Camels
“Let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac.” Genesis 24:14
The Queen and I first met at a bar. It’s not something we advertise. Similar stories usually end in hook ups and poorly.
A Father Never To Be Forgotten
For over a decade, perhaps my most widespread fear, the one thought staying with me, like a vampire clinging to the soul, was how my divorce would affect the relationship with my children.
Passing The Baton
If divorce has taught me anything, it’s that a father can’t be all things to his children, and certainly not his sons. Even with the best of intentions, no man can possess every ingredient needed to nurture a boy into healthy manhood.
Between The Diapers and Diplomas
What is this end game of parenting? What do we want to achieve from it all? It’s a more complicated question than might first appear.
Biology of A Daddy
A recent, and passionate, email from a reader reminded me of the enormous confusion that exists, predominately among men, about the definition of ‘daddy’.
When Kids Choose Custody
It’s been a tool of intimidation and means of control ever since divorce, custody, and visitation replaced love, honor, and commitment. It’s the dark fear of some and the angelic hope of others. Fantasized by many; dreaded by many more. It’s that day circled on nearly every divorced parent’s calendar when the law says kids can choose their custody.
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