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  1. Just found your site and blog…well done…anything about dads I am all over it.

    GL HOFFMAN
    Minneapolis


  2. Just found your site and blog…well done…anything about dads I am all over it.

    GL HOFFMAN
    Minneapolis


  3. Neil

    Great post. As an estranged Father, who actually lives in a different country to his children, your points are absolutely spot on. No one has all the answers, but your points are a great way for distant fathers to close the distance.

    Simon


  4. Neil

    Great post. As an estranged Father, who actually lives in a different country to his children, your points are absolutely spot on. No one has all the answers, but your points are a great way for distant fathers to close the distance.

    Simon


  5. Interesting post. I used to be a weekend dad. There are many reasons a lot of dad’s fall into this chief among them is the fact that they love their kids and feel awful about the situation. Weekend dad or not I applaud them for trying even if they may be getting it wrong. If they didn’t care about a real relationship they would just walk away, happens all the time.

    I now have years and years of experience being the “non-custodial” parent and have come to the same realization you have. It was a journey though, for me and the kids. We continue to learn.


  6. Interesting post. I used to be a weekend dad. There are many reasons a lot of dad’s fall into this chief among them is the fact that they love their kids and feel awful about the situation. Weekend dad or not I applaud them for trying even if they may be getting it wrong. If they didn’t care about a real relationship they would just walk away, happens all the time.

    I now have years and years of experience being the “non-custodial” parent and have come to the same realization you have. It was a journey though, for me and the kids. We continue to learn.


  7. This is really well said. I’m a little taken aback by how much thought you’ve put into this — shame on me, I guess. Full credit to a dad who’s got his heart and head in the right place. Lucky kid!


  8. This is really well said. I’m a little taken aback by how much thought you’ve put into this — shame on me, I guess. Full credit to a dad who’s got his heart and head in the right place. Lucky kid!

  9. James Holt

    Excellent ideas, thank you. I get my boys every week end pick them up at 3pm
    Saturday and drop them off Sunday night. I also pick them up from school 2 or 3
    days a week and on Wed Karate and dinner. It is easier to do the Burger joints
    and movies etc because I am in rather ordinary accommodations at the moment and
    feel guilty about having them spend too much time there.

    I am finding it really hard at
    the moment with winter here and opportunity for outside play very difficult. I
    also know that by being with me and as much as they want to be with me taking
    them out of their comfort zone of their home is a source of anxiety for me.

    My plan this Sunday is Church
    followed by movies but there are not always movies on and when they are it is expensive.

    It would be great if Dads in
    similar circumstances could get together and maybe book out one of those FUN Time
    type places for say 4 or 5 hours on a Sunday so guys and kids in similar
    situations can get together and get some support.

    Is this already happening
    somewhere? If not how do we get it started?

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